{"id":"CVE-2017-12116","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-12116","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:42:40.994Z","title":"An exploitable improper authorization vulnerability exists in miner_setGasPrice API of cpp-ethereum's JSON-RPC (commit 4e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768).","description":"An exploitable improper authorization vulnerability exists in miner_setGasPrice API of cpp-ethereum's JSON-RPC (commit 4e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768). A JSON request can cause an access to the restricted functionality resulting in authorization bypass. An attacker can send JSON to trigger this vulnerability.","published":"2018-01-19T23:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:02:43.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"talos-cna@cisco.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-863"],"affected":["ethereum/aleth"],"epss":{"score":0.01658,"percentile":0.76505,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.66%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102475","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0468","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"talos-cna@cisco.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102475","tags":["Broken Link","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0468","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12116","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}