An issue was discovered in Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.1.2.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.1.2. A lack of sanitization of user input in the createReportName and saveReport functions in recoveryconsole/bpl/reports.php allows for an authenticated user to create a randomly named file on disk with a user-controlled extension, contents, and path, leading to remote code execution, aka Unrestricted File Upload.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7281
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hwfr-9r4g-vv62
References
More Unitrends Enterprise Backup vulnerabilities
- TI-2014-02402 Unitrends Enterprise Backup 7.3.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2017-04957 An issue was discovered in api/includes/systems.php in Unitrends Enterprise Backup before… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-04956 An unprivileged user of the Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.0.0 web server can… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-04960 An authenticated user of Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.1.2 can execute arbitrary… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2017-04961 An attacker that has hijacked a Unitrends Enterprise Backup (before 9.1.2) web server… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2014-02508 recoveryconsole/bpl/snmpd.php in Unitrends Enterprise Backup 7.3.0 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2017-7281 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-7281 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hwfr-9r4g-vv62 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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