An issue was discovered on Accellion FTA devices before FTA_9_12_180.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- 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-346.
Summary
An issue was discovered on Accellion FTA devices before FTA_9_12_180. By sending a POST request to home/seos/courier/web/wmProgressstat.html.php with an attacker domain in the acallow parameter, the device will respond with an Access-Control-Allow-Origin header allowing the attacker to have site access with a bypass of the Same Origin Policy.
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-2017-8793
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x9r2-f53m-rgrx
References
More Accellion File Transfer Appliance vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-02522 Accellion File Transfer Appliance before FTA_9_11_210 allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2015-02521 Directory traversal vulnerability in the template function in function.inc in Accellion… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-05869 An issue was discovered on Accellion FTA devices before FTA_9_12_180. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-06305 An issue was discovered on Accellion FTA devices before FTA_9_12_180. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2016-02114 The Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) before FTA_9_12_40 allows remote… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-03988 Accellion File Transfer Appliance Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2017-8793 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-8793 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x9r2-f53m-rgrx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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