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CVE-2017-12965

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12965 describes a critical session fixation vulnerability in Apache2Triad version 1.5.4, allowing remote attackers to hijack web sessions by manipulating the PHPSESSID parameter. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating a high-impact threat with no user interaction required for exploitation, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog and showing no active exploitation or significant community discussion, public exploit code (EDB-42520) exists, increasing the risk for unpatched systems.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache2triad:apache2triad:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
15.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42520 · Aug 21, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1567 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

hyp3rlinx.altervista.org / advisories/APACHE2TRIAD-SERVER-STACK-v1.5.4-MULTIPLE-CVE.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/143863/Apache2Triad-1.5.4-CSRF-XSS-Session-Fixation.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/42520
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/100447
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry