CVE-2017-20018
A vulnerability was found in XAMPP 7.1.1-0-VC14.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A vulnerability was found in XAMPP 7.1.1-0-VC14. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Installer. The manipulation leads to privilege escalation. It is possible to launch the attack remotely.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.63% probability · 50th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-427
- Affected
- apachefriends/xampp
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
EPSS 0.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142406/xampp-dllhijack.txtExploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.100950Third Party Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142406/xampp-dllhijack.txtExploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.100950Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.