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Vulnerability details: VCID-hzu7-kuxn-5fec
Vulnerability ID VCID-hzu7-kuxn-5fec
Aliases CVE-2017-10993
GHSA-x5g4-crxq-qxjx
Summary PHP file inclusion vulnerability in the back end A logged in back end user can include arbitrary PHP files by manipulating an URL parameter. Since Contao does not allow to upload PHP files in the file manager, the attack is limited to the existing PHP files on the server.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00825 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-10993
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://contao.org/en/news/contao-3_5_28.html
generic_textual HIGH https://contao.org/en/news/contao-3_5_28.html
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://contao.org/en/news/contao-4_4_1.html
generic_textual HIGH https://contao.org/en/news/contao-4_4_1.html
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x5g4-crxq-qxjx
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/contao/CVE-2017-10993.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/contao/CVE-2017-10993.yaml
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core-bundle/CVE-2017-10993.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core-bundle/CVE-2017-10993.yaml
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core/CVE-2017-10993.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core/CVE-2017-10993.yaml
cvssv3.1 8.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10993
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10993
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-10993
https://contao.org/en/news/contao-3_5_28.html
https://contao.org/en/news/contao-4_4_1.html
https://github.com/contao/core-bundle/commit/2a85914f4ba858780ffbac38a468acb7028772c7
CVE-2017-10993 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10993
CVE-2017-10993.YAML https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/contao/CVE-2017-10993.yaml
CVE-2017-10993.YAML https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core-bundle/CVE-2017-10993.yaml
CVE-2017-10993.YAML https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core/CVE-2017-10993.yaml
GHSA-x5g4-crxq-qxjx https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x5g4-crxq-qxjx
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://contao.org/en/news/contao-3_5_28.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://contao.org/en/news/contao-4_4_1.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/contao/CVE-2017-10993.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core-bundle/CVE-2017-10993.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/contao/core/CVE-2017-10993.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10993
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.74775
EPSS Score 0.00825
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:52:53.223118+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/contao/core-bundle/CVE-2017-10993.yml 38.6.0