CVE-2011-10017 – Snort Nmap PHP Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2011-10017 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution
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impact the vulnerability’s severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Tag unsupported-when-assigned
    Added Description Snort Report versions < 1.3.2 contains a remote command execution vulnerability in the nmap.php and nbtscan.php scripts. These scripts fail to properly sanitize user input passed via the target GET parameter, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary shell commands. Exploitation requires no authentication and can result in full compromise of the underlying system.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-78
    Added Reference https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/snortreport_exec.rb
    Added Reference https://web.archive.org/web/20111003093911/http://www.symmetrixtech.com/articles/news-016.html
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17947
    Added Reference https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snort-report-rce
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