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CVE-2017-6344

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6344 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the Grails PDF Plugin version 0.6. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the system by submitting a specially crafted XML document. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.9, exploitation requires local access and user interaction (UI:R), but can lead to high confidentiality impact (C:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:grails:pdf_plugin:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0123 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 381 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ambionics.io / blog/grails-pdf-plugin-xxe
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96446
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry