CVE-2017-15220 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 7.1% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Flexense VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via an empty POST request to a long URI beginning with a /../ substring. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 7.1% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-10-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| flexense | vx search |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 - Remote Buffer Overflow | 2017-10-09 |
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