CVE-2017-5154

Webaccess vulnerability

CVSS

9.8

EPSS

4.4%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

An issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess Version 8.1. To be able to exploit the SQL injection vulnerability, an attacker must supply malformed input to the WebAccess software. Successful attack could result in administrative access to the application and its data files.

Affected vendor

Advantech

Affected product

Webaccess

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Published

2017-02-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-5154

Confirm whether Advantech Webaccess is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-5154.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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