{"id":"CVE-2017-17762","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-17762","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:23:45.408Z","title":"XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Episerver 7 patch 4 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted DTD in an XML request involving util/xmlrpc/Handler.ashx.","description":"XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in Episerver 7 patch 4 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted DTD in an XML request involving util/xmlrpc/Handler.ashx.","published":"2018-08-29T19:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:11:36.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-611"],"affected":["episerver/episerver"],"epss":{"score":0.04648,"percentile":0.91685,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.02454,"percentile":0.8358},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.04648,"percentile":0.9132}]},"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 (4.65%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://gist.github.com/jonaslejon/5f92779848360a1a1e676af0795bd9aa","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://kryptera.se/sarbarhet-i-episerver/","tags":["Exploit","Mitigation","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gist.github.com/jonaslejon/5f92779848360a1a1e676af0795bd9aa","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://kryptera.se/sarbarhet-i-episerver/","tags":["Exploit","Mitigation","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17762","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."}