CVE-2017-8793

Public Exploit

Description

An issue was discovered on Accellion FTA devices before FTA_9_12_180. By sending a POST request to home/seos/courier/web/wmProgressstat.html.php with an attacker domain in the acallow parameter, the device will respond with an Access-Control-Allow-Origin header allowing the attacker to have site access with a bypass of the Same Origin Policy.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.13%
Third-Party Advisory github.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://gist.github.com/anonymous/32e2894fa29176f3f32cb2b2bb7c24cb third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-8793?
CVE-2017-8793 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-8793?
To fix CVE-2017-8793, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-8793 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-8793 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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