CVE-2017-5152
By accessing a specific uniform resource locator (URL) on the web server, a malicious user is able to access pages unrestricted (AUTHENTICATION BYPASS).
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.77%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess Version 8.1. By accessing a specific uniform resource locator (URL) on the web server, a malicious user is able to access pages unrestricted (AUTHENTICATION BYPASS).
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.1 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.77% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- advantech/webaccess
- Source
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
EPSS 3.8% 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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95410Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-012-01Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-04
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95410Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-012-01Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-04
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.