Kentico - Installer Privilege Escalation
| 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 Detection | 28 Jul 202611:27 | – | kittysploit |
 | 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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id: CVE-2017-17736
info:
name: Kentico - Installer Privilege Escalation
author: shiar
severity: critical
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.
impact: |
An attacker can gain administrative privileges on the Kentico CMS system.
remediation: |
Upgrade to the latest version of Kentico CMS to fix the privilege escalation vulnerability.
reference:
- 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/0xSojalSec/Nuclei-TemplatesNuclei-Templates-CVE-2017-17736
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
cvss-score: 9.8
cve-id: CVE-2017-17736
cwe-id: CWE-425
epss-score: 0.68457
epss-percentile: 0.99331
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:kentico:kentico_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
vendor: kentico
product: kentico_cms
shodan-query:
- cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:kentico:kentico_cms"
- http.title:"kentico database setup"
fofa-query: title="kentico database setup"
google-query: intitle:"kentico database setup"
tags: cve2017,cve,kentico,cms,install,unauth,edb,vuln
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/CMSInstall/install.aspx"
matchers-condition: or
matchers:
- type: word
words:
- "Kentico"
- "Database Setup"
- "SQLServer"
condition: and
- type: word
words:
- "Database Setup"
- "SQLServer"
condition: and
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04 Feb 2026 07:00Current
8.5High risk
Vulners AI Score8.5
CVSS 27.5
CVSS 39.8
EPSS0.68457