SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-8835

SQL injection exists on Peplink Balance 305, 380, 580, 710, 1350, and 2500 devices with firmware before fw-b305hw2_380hw6_580hw2_710hw3_1350hw2_2500-7.0.1-build2093.

EXPLOITCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 61.6%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 61.6%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

SQL injection exists on Peplink Balance 305, 380, 580, 710, 1350, and 2500 devices with firmware before fw-b305hw2_380hw6_580hw2_710hw3_1350hw2_2500-7.0.1-build2093. An attack vector is the bauth cookie to cgi-bin/MANGA/admin.cgi. One impact is enumeration of user accounts by observing whether a session ID can be retrieved from the sessions database.

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
61.58% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 6 June 2017
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-89
Affected
peplink/b305hw2 firmware · peplink/380hw6 firmware · peplink/580hw2 firmware · peplink/710hw3 firmware · peplink/1350hw2 firmware · peplink/2500 firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%33%65%21 September 2026: 53.99%22 September 2026: 61.58%27 October 2026: 61.58%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 54.0% on 21 September 2026 to 61.6% 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.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-42130source ↗Peplink Balance Routers 7.0.0-build1904 - SQL Injection / Cross-Site Scripting / Information Disclosurecgi · X41 D-Sec GmbHwebapps6 June 2017no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.