Critical severity · published Feb 21, 2023
CVE-2017-20179
InSTEDD Pollit tour_controller.rb TourController Privilege Escalation
9.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability was found in InSTEDD Pollit 2.3.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function TourController of the file app/controllers/tour_controller.rb. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 2.3.2 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 6ef04f8b5972d5f16f8b86f8b53f62fac68d5498. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221507.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PO
Pollit · InSTEDD
2.3.1 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20179
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-20179
Patch
https://github.com/instedd/pollit/commit/6ef04f8b5972d5f16f8b86f8b53f62fac68d5498
Release Notes
https://github.com/instedd/pollit/releases/tag/2.3.2
Permissions Required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221507
Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.221507