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: 0.95192 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: 4a0a00473045022056f426dd15dc78b780d21aa023cfc5c8e3d4a401c880e73b9a86802ccfc65f88022100f01e990894e9f080224a848e02fbce63f6382e3a8b97e939830c49ff4663bb3d:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950