TI-2017-08645 Aliases CVE-2017-11673 GHSA-5898-4pwq-vgm4

Reporter.exe in Acunetix 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a…

MEDIUM 47CWE-20Published 2017-07-27 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Reporter.exe in Acunetix 8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed PRE file, related to a "User Mode Write AV starting at reporter!madTraceProcess."

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02704 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:acunetix:web_vulnerability_scanner:8:::::::*	8	Vulnerable	Acunetix

cpe:2.3:a:acunetix:web_vulnerability_scanner:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8 Vulnerable ·Acunetix

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-11673
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5898-4pwq-vgm4

References

Exploit 1

http://code610.blogspot.com/2017/07/readwrite-access-violation-acunetix.html

TI-2014-02393 Stack-based buffer overflow in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) 8 build 20120704… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2015-03396 The AcuWVSSchedulerv10 service in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) before 10… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
TI-2017-08646 Reporter.exe in Acunetix 8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2007-00115 Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) 4.0 Build 20060717 and earlier allows remote… CVSS 2.0LOW 1.9

Sources

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