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CVE-2017-12904
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command in bookmarking function of Newsbeuter versions 0.7 through 2.9 allows…
High8.8EPSS 6.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command in bookmarking function of Newsbeuter versions 0.7 through 2.9 allows remote attackers to perform user-assisted code execution by crafting an RSS item that includes shell code in its title and/or URL.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.4% · top 6.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/issues/591 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/96e9506ae9e252c548665152d1b8968297128307 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [newsbeuter] 20170817 [CVE-2017-12904] Remote code execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-3947 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-4585-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-4428 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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