CVE-2017-12775
qa-include/qa-install.php in Question2Answer before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to create...
qa-include/qa-install.php in Question2Answer before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to create multiple user accounts.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
qa-include/qa-install.php in Question2Answer before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to create multiple user accounts.
- Record
CVE-2017-12775- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
qa-include/qa-install.php in Question2Answer before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to create multiple user accounts.
- Record
CVE-2017-12775- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-4314 No score
qa-include/qa-install.php in Question2Answer before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to create multiple user accounts.
- Record
EUVD-2017-4314- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x5v6-qg9c-phr7
qa-include/qa-install.php in Question2Answer before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to create...
qa-include/qa-install.php in Question2Answer before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to create multiple user accounts.
- Record
GHSA-x5v6-qg9c-phr7- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
qa-include/qa-install.php in Question2Answer before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to create multiple user accounts.
- Record
CVE-2017-12775- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-12775 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Question2answer, published August 29, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.62%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.