Kentico - Installer Privilege Escalation Detection
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-17736 | 22 Apr 202502:52 | – | circl | |
| Kentico Information Disclosure Vulnerability | 10 Apr 201800:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2017-17736 | 23 Mar 201815:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-17736 | 23 Mar 201815:00 | – | cvelist | |
| Kentico CMS 9.x < 9.0.51 / 10.x < 10.0.48 Privilege Escalation | 23 Jun 202000:00 | – | nessus | |
| Kentico CMS < 9.0.51 / 10.x < 10.0.48 Access Control Bypass | 3 Apr 202000:00 | – | nessus | |
| Nuclei-TemplatesNuclei-Templates-CVE-2017-17736 | 20 Oct 202613:42 | – | kitploit | |
| Kentico - Installer Privilege Escalation | 20 Oct 202602:05 | – | nuclei | |
| CVE-2017-17736 | 23 Mar 201815:29 | – | nvd | |
| Kentico CMS 9.x < 9.0.51, 10.x < 10.0.48 Access Control Bypass Vulnerability | 20 Feb 201800:00 | – | openvas |
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Kentico 9."""
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
class Module(Scanner, Http_client):
__info__ = {
'name': 'Kentico - Installer Privilege Escalation Detection',
'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.',
'author': ['KittySploit Team'],
'severity': 'critical',
'tags': ['web', 'scanner', 'cve', 'cve2017', 'kentico', 'cms', 'install', 'unauth', 'edb', 'vuln'],
'agent': {
'risk': 'active',
'effects': ['network_probe'],
'expected_requests': 1,
'reversible': True,
'approval_required': False,
'produces': ['tech_hints', 'risk_signals', 'endpoints'],
'cost': 1.0,
'noise': 0.3,
'value': 1.0,
'requires': {
'min_endpoints': 0,
'min_params': 0,
'tech_hints_any': [],
'tech_hints_all': [],
'specializations_any': [],
'risk_signals_any': [],
'auth_session': False,
'capabilities_any': [],
'capabilities_all': [],
'confidence_min': {},
'confidence_min_any': {},
'endpoint_pattern_any': [],
'param_any': [],
'api_surface_ready': False,
},
'chain': {
'produces_capabilities': [
{
'capability': 'admin_surface',
'from_detail': '',
},
],
'consumes_capabilities': [],
'option_bindings': {},
'suggested_followups': ['auxiliary/scanner/http/login_page_detector'],
},
},
'references': [
'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',
'https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon',
],
'cve': 'CVE-2017-17736',
}
def run(self):
r = self.http_request(method="GET", path='/CMSInstall/install.aspx', allow_redirects=False)
if not r or r.status_code != 200:
return False
body = r.text or ""
body_all = ('Kentico', 'Database Setup', 'SQLServer',)
if (all(m in body for m in body_all)):
self.set_info(
severity='critical',
reason="Kentico - Installer Privilege Escalation detected",
path='/CMSInstall/install.aspx',
)
return True
return False
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28 Jul 2026 11:27Current
8.5High risk
Vulners AI Score8.5
CVSS 27.5
CVSS 39.8
EPSS0.68457