id: CVE-2017-17736 info: name: Kentico - Installer Privilege Escalation author: shiar severity: critical description: | Kentico 9.0 before 9.0.51 and 10.0 before 10.0.48 are susceptible to a privilege escalation attack. An attacker can obtain Global Administrator access by visiting CMSInstall/install.aspx and then navigating to the CMS Administration Dashboard. remediation: | Upgrade to the latest version of Kentico CMS to fix the privilege escalation vulnerability. reference: - https://www.exploit-db.com/ghdb/5694 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17736 - https://blog.hivint.com/advisory-access-control-bypass-in-kentico-cms-cve-2017-17736-49e1e43ae55b classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9.8 cve-id: CVE-2017-17736 cwe-id: CWE-425 epss-score: 0.1483 epss-percentile: 0.95164 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:kentico:kentico_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 1 vendor: kentico product: kentico_cms google-query: intitle:"kentico database setup" tags: cve,cve2017,kentico,cms,install,unauth,edb http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/CMSInstall/install.aspx" matchers-condition: or matchers: - type: word words: - "Kentico" - "Database Setup" - "SQLServer" condition: and - type: word words: - "Database Setup" - "SQLServer" condition: and # digest: 4b0a00483046022100c9c2fb92ef78e03d93ad915a4906c96cac3f60c6ebcf5baae88d595775541454022100e10c83c25d1238addcb4483a814e62919585198958e2fa9805cbc74b4fff8a11:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950