CVE-2017-20179: InSTEDD Pollit tour_controller.rb TourController Privilege Escalation

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-02-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

A vulnerability was found in InSTEDD Pollit 2.3.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function TourController of the file app/controllers/tour_controller.rb. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 2.3.2 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 6ef04f8b5972d5f16f8b86f8b53f62fac68d5498. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221507.

Affected products

InSTEDD Pollit: 2.3.1

References

https://github.com/instedd/pollit/commit/6ef04f8b5972d5f16f8b86f8b53f62fac68d5498
https://github.com/instedd/pollit/releases/tag/2.3.2
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221507
https://vuldb.com/?id.221507
https://github.com/instedd/pollit/commit/6ef04f8b5972d5f16f8b86f8b53f62fac68d5498
https://github.com/instedd/pollit/releases/tag/2.3.2
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221507
https://vuldb.com/?id.221507

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