CVE-2017-17525 is a critical vulnerability affecting xTuple PostBooks 4.7.0, where the guiclient.cpp component fails to validate strings before executing the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable. This flaw allows remote attackers to perform argument-injection attacks through specially crafted URLs. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction to exploit. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xtuple:postbooks:4.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.