CVE-2017-20014: WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner Webspider denial of service

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-03-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-404

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner up to 1.8. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Webspider. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to denial of service. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer

Affected products

WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner: through 1.8

References

http://www.computec.ch/news.php?item.117
https://vuldb.com/?id.101969
https://vuldb.com/?id.101972
http://www.computec.ch/news.php?item.117
https://vuldb.com/?id.101969
https://vuldb.com/?id.101972

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