CVE-2017-15220
Flexense VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via an empty POST request to a long URI beginning with a /../ substring.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is critical, while EPSS rates exploitation at 7.1%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
Flexense VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via an empty POST request to a long URI beginning with a /../ substring. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
- 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
- 7.10% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 9 October 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- flexense/vx search
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 5.1% on 21 September 2026 to 7.1% 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 (1)
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
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42973/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42973/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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