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CVE-2017-5831

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5831 describes a session fixation vulnerability in the forgot password mechanism of Revive Adserver versions prior to 4.0.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions by manipulating the session ID during a password reset. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.9, the vulnerability requires high privileges and has a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, though it is difficult to exploit. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:revive-adserver:revive_adserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.7
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0117 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 687 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

revive-adserver.com / security/revive-sa-2017-001
PatchVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95875