CVE-2017-0897

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jun 22, 2017
Updated: Aug 5, 2024
Reserved: Nov 30, 2016

Description

ExpressionEngine version 2.x < 2.11.8 and version 3.x < 3.5.5 create an object signing token with weak entropy. Successfully guessing the token can lead to remote code execution.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

CWE-330 Use of Insufficiently Random Values (CWE-330)

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ExpressionEngineEllisLab	Versions before 2.11.8 and 3.5.5Affected

References

99242vdb-entry
https://docs.expressionengine.com/v2/about/changelog.html#version-2-11-8
https://hackerone.com/reports/215890
https://docs.expressionengine.com/latest/about/changelog.html#version-3-5-5
https://expressionengine.com/blog/expressionengine-3.5.5-and-2.11.8-released

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