CVE-2017-15697

highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.048 · 92 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
4.83% (92nd) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Is it mine?
4 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A malicious X-ProxyContextPath or X-Forwarded-Context header containing external resources or embedded code could cause remote code execution. The fix to properly handle these headers was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.5.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.

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cvss

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9.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4
v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9
v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.09criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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affected products (4)

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advisories (1)

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  • GHSA-29ph-fjf3-c5cmApache NiFi XSS issue in context path handling2022-05-14ghsa · osvUS

    A malicious `X-ProxyContextPath` or `X-Forwarded-Context` header containing external resources or embedded code could cause remote code execution. The fix to properly handle these headers was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.5.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.

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published 2018-01-23modified 2026-06-17
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references (3)

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