CVE-2017-17612
Hot Scripts Clone 3.1 has SQL Injection via the /categories subctid or mctid parameter.
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 3.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 10% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Hot Scripts Clone 3.1 has SQL Injection via the /categories subctid or mctid parameter.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Hot Scripts Clone - 'subctid' SQL Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 43916webapps, phppublished 28 Jan 2018Not verified
- Hot Scripts Clone 3.1 - 'subctid' / 'mctid' SQL Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 43284webapps, phppublished 11 Dec 2017Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 43916 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 43284 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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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 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- 43916 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145324/Hot-Scripts-Clone-3.1-SQL-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 43284 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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-2017-8770 (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-2017-17612)Record last updated .