CVE-2017-7284

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-04-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

An attacker that has hijacked a Unitrends Enterprise Backup (before 9.1.2) web server session can leverage api/includes/users.php to change the password of the logged in account without knowing the current password. This allows for an account takeover.

Affected products

Unitrends Enterprise Backup: through 9.1.1

References

https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/research/remote-code-execution-bug-hunting-chapter-1/
https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/research/remote-code-execution-bug-hunting-chapter-1/

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