Burp Project maintains a narrowly focused vulnerability footprint centered on the Burp web-application testing platform, a widely used security assessment tool deployed across enterprises and security teams. The observed weakness pattern reflects access control challenges in the tool itself, specifically incorrect permission assignment for critical resources. Current severity, exploitation activity, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Burp Project over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).
2 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2017-18285HIGH The Gentoo app-backup/burp package before 2.1.32 has incorrect group ownership of the /etc/burp directory, which might allow local users to obtain read and write access to arbitrar | Jun 4, 2018 | 7.1 | 21 | NO | NO |
CVE-2017-18284HIGH The Gentoo app-backup/burp package before 2.1.32 sets the ownership of the PID file directory to the burp account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leve | Jun 4, 2018 | 7.1 | 21 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Burp Project.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Burp Project — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.