CVE-2017-5966

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-05-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Sitecore CRM 8.1 Rev 151207 allows remote authenticated administrators to read arbitrary files via an absolute path traversal attack on sitecore/shell/download.aspx with the file parameter.

Affected products

Sitecore Crm: 8.1

References

http://research.aurainfosec.io/disclosures/2017-05-18-sitecore/
http://research.aurainfosec.io/disclosures/2017-05-18-sitecore/

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