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CVE-2017-10993

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-10993 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting Contao CMS versions before 3.5.28 and 4.x before 4.4.1, allowing remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local PHP files. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), this flaw can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and privileges, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.5.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:contao:contao_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:contao:contao_cms:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:contao:contao_cms:4.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:contao:contao_cms:4.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:contao:contao_cms:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0196 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: contao/contaoFixed in: 4.4.1
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: contao/core-bundleFixed in: 4.4.1
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: contao/coreFixed in: 3.5.28

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-x5g4-crxq-qxjxhigh

Contao Core directory traversal vulnerability

May 13, 2022

References

contao.org / en/news/contao-3_5_28.html
Vendor Advisory