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CVE-2017-15988

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15988 is a critical SQL Injection vulnerability affecting Nice PHP FAQ Script, specifically through the 'nice_theme' parameter in index.php. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating its exploitability. Despite the high severity and available exploit, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nicephpscripts:nice_php_faq_script:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-43071 · Oct 30, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0265 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

exploit-db.com / exploits/43071
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry