CVE-2017-20156 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting the Exciting Printer project, specifically within the lib/printer/jobs/prepare_page.rb component. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands by manipulating the URL argument. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 85/100 indicates its potential severity. A patch, identified as 5f8c715d6e2cc000f621a6833f0a86a673462136, is available and strongly recommended for immediate application.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2017-07-08CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:printer_project:printer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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