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CVE-2017-16716

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16716 is a critical SQL Injection vulnerability affecting Advantech WebAccess versions prior to 8.3, stemming from improper input sanitization. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:advantech:webaccess:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-43928 · Jan 30, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0601 is in the 87th 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

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

ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSA-18-004-02
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
exploit-db.com / exploits/43928
securityfocus.com / bid/102424
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry