CVE-2017-8297 describes a critical path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) in simple-file-manager before version 2017-04-26, specifically impacting the index.php component of the "Simple PHP File Manager" project. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating it can be exploited remotely without authentication or user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 81/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2017-04-19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simple-file-manager_project:simple-file-manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.