CVE-2017-6526
An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is vulnerable to unauthenticated command execution through an improperly protected administrative web shell (cgi-bin/dna/sysAdmin.cgi POST requests).
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 57.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue was discovered in dnaTools dnaLIMS 4-2015s13. dnaLIMS is vulnerable to unauthenticated command execution through an improperly protected administrative web shell (cgi-bin/dna/sysAdmin.cgi POST requests).
- 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
- 57.40% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 10 March 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- dnatools/dnalims
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 43.2% on 21 September 2026 to 57.4% 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 (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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96823
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41578/
- https://www.shorebreaksecurity.com/blog/product-security-advisory-psa0002-dnalims/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96823
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41578/
- https://www.shorebreaksecurity.com/blog/product-security-advisory-psa0002-dnalims/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.