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CVE-2017-5971

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5971 describes a critical SQL injection vulnerability in NewsBee CMS, specifically affecting newsbee_project newsbee. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially leading to complete compromise of the affected system. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction required, enabling full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, the high severity and ease of exploitation warrant immediate patching.

Impacted Technologies

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

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
1.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0174 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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/41261
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry