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Kentico - Installer Privilege Escalation Detection

🗓️ 28 Jul 2026 11:27:38Reported by KittySploitType 
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Kentico privilege escalation allows obtaining Global Administrator access via CMSInstall.

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23 Mar 201815:00
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Nuclei-TemplatesNuclei-Templates-CVE-2017-17736
20 Oct 202613:42
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20 Oct 202602:05
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nvd
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CVE-2017-17736
23 Mar 201815:29
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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
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