7.5
HIGH
CVE-2017-0897
ExpressionEngine Weak Entropy Object Signing Token Vulnerability
Description

ExpressionEngine version 2.x < 2.11.8 and version 3.x < 3.5.5 create an object signing token with weak entropy. Successfully guessing the token can lead to remote code execution.

INFO

Published Date :

June 22, 2017, 9:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-0897 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Expressionengine expressionengine

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-0897 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE HackerOne CWE-330
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 06, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99242 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99242 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://expressionengine.com/blog/expressionengine-3.5.5-and-2.11.8-released No Types Assigned https://expressionengine.com/blog/expressionengine-3.5.5-and-2.11.8-released Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://hackerone.com/reports/215890 No Types Assigned https://hackerone.com/reports/215890 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://docs.expressionengine.com/latest/about/changelog.html#version-3-5-5 No Types Assigned https://docs.expressionengine.com/latest/about/changelog.html#version-3-5-5 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://docs.expressionengine.com/v2/about/changelog.html#version-2-11-8 No Types Assigned https://docs.expressionengine.com/v2/about/changelog.html#version-2-11-8 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-331
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.0.0:public_beta:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.0.1:public_beta:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.0.2:public_beta:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:2.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:expressionengine:expressionengine:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 27, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99242 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-0897 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.40 }} -0.04%

score

0.88330

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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