9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2017-20156
Exciting Printer Command Injection Vulnerability
Description

A vulnerability was found in Exciting Printer and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file lib/printer/jobs/prepare_page.rb of the component Argument Handler. The manipulation of the argument URL leads to command injection. The patch is named 5f8c715d6e2cc000f621a6833f0a86a673462136. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217139.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 31, 2022, 10:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:22 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-20156 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 Printer_project printer
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-20156.

URL Resource
https://github.com/exciting-io/printer/commit/5f8c715d6e2cc000f621a6833f0a86a673462136 Patch
https://github.com/exciting-io/printer/issues/56 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217139 Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.217139 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/exciting-io/printer/commit/5f8c715d6e2cc000f621a6833f0a86a673462136 Patch
https://github.com/exciting-io/printer/issues/56 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217139 Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.217139 Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-20156 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/exciting-io/printer/commit/5f8c715d6e2cc000f621a6833f0a86a673462136
    Added Reference https://github.com/exciting-io/printer/issues/56
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217139
    Added Reference https://vuldb.com/?id.217139
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 17, 2024

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

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Apr. 11, 2024

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

    Mar. 21, 2024

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

    Feb. 29, 2024

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

    Dec. 01, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/exciting-io/printer/commit/5f8c715d6e2cc000f621a6833f0a86a673462136 Patch, Third Party Advisory https://github.com/exciting-io/printer/commit/5f8c715d6e2cc000f621a6833f0a86a673462136 Patch
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 VulDB AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
    Added CVSS V3.1 VulDB AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 20, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A vulnerability was found in Exciting Printer and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file lib/printer/jobs/prepare_page.rb of the component Argument Handler. The manipulation of the argument URL leads to command injection. The name of the patch is 5f8c715d6e2cc000f621a6833f0a86a673462136. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217139. A vulnerability was found in Exciting Printer and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file lib/printer/jobs/prepare_page.rb of the component Argument Handler. The manipulation of the argument URL leads to command injection. The patch is named 5f8c715d6e2cc000f621a6833f0a86a673462136. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217139.
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 06, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/exciting-io/printer/commit/5f8c715d6e2cc000f621a6833f0a86a673462136 No Types Assigned https://github.com/exciting-io/printer/commit/5f8c715d6e2cc000f621a6833f0a86a673462136 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/exciting-io/printer/issues/56 No Types Assigned https://github.com/exciting-io/printer/issues/56 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217139 No Types Assigned https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217139 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://vuldb.com/?id.217139 No Types Assigned https://vuldb.com/?id.217139 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:printer_project:printer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2017-07-08
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.69 }} -2.91%

score

0.69460

percentile

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