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CVE-2017-12775

qa-include/qa-install.php in Question2Answer before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to create...

7.5 High

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.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.5 HighCVSS 3.0, NVD
Exploit chance
1.62%EPSS, 76th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

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

1.62%Up 0.8 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used7.5

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 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo 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-2017-4314No 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-phr77.5

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 HighCVSS: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
OSV7.5

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 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

References

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