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CVE-2017-9602

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9602 is a critical arbitrary file upload vulnerability affecting KBVault MySQL Free Knowledge Base application package 0.16a. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit a flaw in the FileExplorer/Explorer.aspx component to upload malicious ASPX scripts to the server, enabling arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog or showing significant community discussion, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, indicating a potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.16aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kbvault_mysql_project:kbvault_mysql:0.16a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42184 · Jun 14, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0429 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exploit-db.com / exploits/42184
MitigationThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry