{"id":"CVE-2017-9538","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-9538","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:47:21.456Z","title":"The 'Upload logo from external path' function of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor version 12.0.15300.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (permanent display of a \"Cannot exit above the top directory\" error message throughout the…","description":"The 'Upload logo from external path' function of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor version 12.0.15300.90 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (permanent display of a \"Cannot exit above the top directory\" error message throughout the entire web application) via a \"..\" in the path field. In other words, the denial of service is caused by an incorrect implementation of a directory-traversal protection mechanism.","published":"2017-10-03T01:29:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:28:20.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["solarwinds/network performance monitor"],"epss":{"score":0.02432,"percentile":0.84165,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541263/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101066","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541263/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101066","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9538","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}