CVE-2017-16666

Xplico before 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell...

8.8 HighPublic exploit

Xplico before 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the name of an uploaded PCAP file. NOTE: this issue can be exploited without authentication by leveraging the user registration feature.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

80.8%Up 28.7 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Record: CVE-2017-16666
CVSS 3.0: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 9.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-78
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2017-16666
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2017-7850 No score

Record: EUVD-2017-7850
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2w2r-jcr9-2rp9 8.8

Xplico before 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell...

Record: GHSA-2w2r-jcr9-2rp9
CVSS 3.0: 8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-78
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

xplico

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Xplico - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)	2018-01-04
Metasploit	Xplico Remote Code Execution	2017-10-29

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-16666 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Xplico, published January 5, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 80.8%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.