TI-2017-11144 Aliases CVE-2017-15220 GHSA-j2hr-3xh6-w2c7

Flexense VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via an empty…

MEDIUM 52CWE-119Published 2017-10-11 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
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-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Flexense VX Search Enterprise 10.1.12 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow via an empty POST request to a long URI beginning with a /../ substring. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07104 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA

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:flexense:vx_search:10.1.12::::enterprise:::	10.1.12	Vulnerable	Flexense

cpe:2.3:a:flexense:vx_search:10.1.12:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* Versions 10.1.12 Vulnerable ·Flexense

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-15220
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j2hr-3xh6-w2c7

References

Exploit 1

42973

TI-2017-11448 In Flexense VX Search Enterprise v10.1.12, the Control Protocol suffers from a denial of… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2023-27075 XSS vulnerability in VX Search Enterprise CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
TI-2023-27074 XSS vulnerability in VX Search Enterprise CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
TI-2023-27073 XSS vulnerability in VX Search Enterprise CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
TI-2023-27072 XSS vulnerability in VX Search Enterprise CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
TI-2018-07460 XSS exists in Flexense VX Search Enterprise from v10.1.12 to v10.7. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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