CVE-2017-14979 — Gxlcms uses an unsafe character-replacement approach in an attempt to restrict access, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via modified pathnames in the s parameter to index.php, related to Lib/Admin/Action/TplAction.class.php and Lib/Admin/Common/function.php

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Gxlcms uses an unsafe character-replacement approach in an attempt to restrict access, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via modified pathnames in the s parameter to index.php, related to Lib/Admin/Action/TplAction.class.php and Lib/Admin/Common/function.php

Published Oct 2, 2017

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.47%

Description

Gxlcms uses an unsafe character-replacement approach in an attempt to restrict access, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via modified pathnames in the s parameter to index.php, related to Lib/Admin/Action/TplAction.class.php and Lib/Admin/Common/function.php.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.47% 0.01466

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01466

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.47% (0.01466)	72.74th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.47% (0.01466)	70.18th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.33% (0.00333)	53.95th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	2.01% (0.02013)	88.57th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.80% (0.00802)	81.11th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.80% (0.00802)	79.01th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.52% (0.00523)	12.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.52% (0.00523)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

https://github.com/Blck4/blck4/blob/master/Gxlcms%20POC.php
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/Blck4/blck4/blob/master/Gxlcms%20POC.php		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 2, 2017

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Oct 1, 2017

Link CVE-2017-14979

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-14979

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-14979