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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-9554

An information exposure vulnerability in forget_passwd.cgi in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 6.1.3-15152 allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via unspecified vectors.

EXPLOITMEDIUM 5.3EPSS 76.7%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 76.7%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

An information exposure vulnerability in forget_passwd.cgi in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) before 6.1.3-15152 allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 3.0
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS
76.72% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 8 January 2018
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Affected
synology/diskstation manager
Source
security@synology.com
EPSS trend
0%40%80%21 September 2026: 78.32%22 September 2026: 76.72%27 October 2026: 76.72%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 78.3% on 21 September 2026 to 76.7% 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-43455source ↗Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) < 6.1.3-15152 - 'forget_passwd.cgi' User Enumerationcgi · Steve Kaunwebapps8 January 2018no

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