CVE-2017-12775 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

qa-include/qa-install.php in Question2Answer before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to create multiple user accounts.

Published: 2017-08-29

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:question2answer:question2answer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-4314	qa-include/qa-install.php in Question2Answer before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to create multiple user accounts.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00235.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.question2answer.org/versions.php
https://github.com/q2a/question2answer/commit/6013ca1c83bf232008f7be815c0e4821fb6b120a

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Question2answer Question2answer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-29T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:51:06.405Z

Reserved: 2017-08-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-12775

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-29T15:29:00.767

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-12775

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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