CVE-2017-14143
The getUserzoneCookie function in Kaltura before 13.2.0 uses a hardcoded cookie secret to validate cookie signatures, which allows remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and consequently conduct PHP object injection attacks and…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 77.4%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The getUserzoneCookie function in Kaltura before 13.2.0 uses a hardcoded cookie secret to validate cookie signatures, which allows remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and consequently conduct PHP object injection attacks and execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted userzone cookie.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 77.42% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 23 October 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Affected
- kaltura/kaltura server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 70.9% on 21 September 2026 to 77.4% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100976Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/kaltura/server/commit/6a6d14328b7a1493e8c47f9565461e5f88be20c9#diff-0770640cc76112cbf77bebc604852682Third Party Advisory
- https://telekomsecurity.github.io/assets/advisories/20170912_kaltura-advisory.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43028/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43876/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100976Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/kaltura/server/commit/6a6d14328b7a1493e8c47f9565461e5f88be20c9#diff-0770640cc76112cbf77bebc604852682Third Party Advisory
- https://telekomsecurity.github.io/assets/advisories/20170912_kaltura-advisory.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43028/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43876/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.