CVE-2017-17550 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ZyXEL ZyWALL USG 2.12 AQQ.2 and 3.30 AQQ.7 devices, allowing an attacker to add a new user account through a cgi-bin/zysh-cgi cmd action. This vulnerability carries a high CVSSv3 score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability could lead to subsequent attacks like stored XSS, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.12\(aqq.2\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:zywall_usg_100_firmware:2.12\(aqq.2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.30\(aqq.7\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:zyxel:zywall_usg_100_firmware:3.30\(aqq.7\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.