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CVE-2017-15989

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15989 is a critical SQL Injection vulnerability affecting the Online Exam Test Application, specifically through the 'sort' parameter in the resources.php file when a category action is performed. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog or showing significant community discussion, public exploit code (EDB-43070) exists, indicating a potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

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

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 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-43070 · Oct 30, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0265 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 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/43070
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry