CVE-2017-17062 — The backend component in Open-Xchange OX App Suite before 7

The backend component in Open-Xchange OX App Suite before 7.6.3-rev35, 7.8.x before 7.8.2-rev38, 7.8.3 before 7.8.3-rev41, and 7.8.4 before 7.8.4-rev19 allows remote authenticated users to save arbitrary user attributes by leveraging improper privilege management.

01What is this vulnerability?

The backend component in Open-Xchange OX App Suite before 7.6.3-rev35, 7.8.x before 7.8.2-rev38, 7.8.3 before 7.8.3-rev41, and 7.8.4 before 7.8.4-rev19 allows remote authenticated users to save arbitrary user attributes by leveraging improper privilege management.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-06-15T21:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T20:43:59.444Z

09References

• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148118/OX-App-Suite-7.8.4-XSS-Privilege-Man…
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44881/
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Jun/23