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TI-2017-14245 Aliases CVE-2017-20179GHSA-q9c5-cc49-h24w

InSTEDD Pollit tour_controller.rb TourController Privilege Escalation

Priority MEDIUM 43Published · Updated

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 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A vulnerability was found in InSTEDD Pollit 2.3.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function TourController of the file app/controllers/tour_controller.rb. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 2.3.2 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 6ef04f8b5972d5f16f8b86f8b53f62fac68d5498. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221507.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00744 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
InSTEDDPollit2.3.1—No fix listedCNA
  • Pollit VendorInSTEDD Affected 2.3.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:instedd:pollit:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.3.1VulnerableInSTEDD
  • cpe:2.3:a:instedd:pollit:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.1 Vulnerable ·InSTEDD

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-20179
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q9c5-cc49-h24w

References

Patch 2

Sources

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