CVE-2017-20179

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2017-20179 · Published 21/02/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-20179 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting pollit (instedd).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.74%, higher than 54.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
pollit instedd	`= 2.3.1`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

instedd/pollit commit 6ef04f8 · Patch
instedd/pollit release 2.3.2 · Release Notes
vuldb.com · Permissions Required
vuldb.com · Third Party Advisory

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