CVE-2017-8793 is a Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) misconfiguration vulnerability affecting Accellion FTA devices prior to version FTA_9_12_180. An unauthenticated attacker can bypass the Same Origin Policy by manipulating the 'acallow' parameter in a POST request, leading to unauthorized site access. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9_12_40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:accellion:file_transfer_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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