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CVE-2017-20156

5.5 · MEDIUM

A vulnerability was found in Exciting Printer and classified as critical.

Published Dec 31, 2022CWE-77EPSS 2.15%

Overview

CVE-2017-20156 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on December 31, 2022 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

A vulnerability was found in Exciting Printer and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file lib/printer/jobs/prepare_page.rb of the component Argument Handler. The manipulation of the argument URL leads to command injection. The patch is named 5f8c715d6e2cc000f621a6833f0a86a673462136. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217139.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

GitHubgithub.com/exciting-io/printer/commit/5f8c715d6e2cc000f621a6833f0a86a673462136GitHubgithub.com/exciting-io/printer/issues/56Refvuldb.com/?ctiid.217139Refvuldb.com/?id.217139GitHubgithub.com/exciting-io/printer/commit/5f8c715d6e2cc000f621a6833f0a86a673462136GitHubgithub.com/exciting-io/printer/issues/56Refvuldb.com/?ctiid.217139Refvuldb.com/?id.217139

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-20156?

CVE-2017-20156 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on December 31, 2022 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2017-20156?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2017-20156?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2017-20156?

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