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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-8794

Because a regular expression (intended to match local https URLs) lacks an initial ^ character, courier/web/1000@/wmProgressval.html allows SSRF attacks with a file:///etc/passwd#https:// URL pattern.

CRITICAL 10.0EPSS 1.90%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.90%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered on Accellion FTA devices before FTA_9_12_180. Because a regular expression (intended to match local https URLs) lacks an initial ^ character, courier/web/1000@/wmProgressval.html allows SSRF attacks with a file:///etc/passwd#https:// URL pattern.

CVSS 3.0
10.0 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
1.90% probability · 78th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-918
Affected
accellion/file transfer appliance
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.