CVE-2017-6526 is a critical unauthenticated command execution vulnerability affecting dnaTools dnaLIMS versions 4-2015s13. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands through an improperly secured administrative web shell (cgi-bin/dna/sysAdmin.cgi POST requests). With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability poses a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including reports of cyberattacks targeting DNA sequencing software.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4-2015s13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dnatools:dnalims:4-2015s13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.