CVE-2017-12970
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Apache2Triad 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 2.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 17% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Apache2Triad 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of authenticated users for requests that (1) add or (2) delete user accounts via a request to phpsftpd/users.php.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apache2Triad 1.5.4 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 42520webapps, phppublished 21 Aug 2017Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 42520 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 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)
- 2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- 42520 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/APACHE2TRIAD-SERVER-STACK-v1.5.4-MULTIPLE-CVE.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 100447 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143863/Apache2Triad-1.5.4-CSRF-XSS-Session-Fixation.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2017-4491 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-12970)Record last updated .