CVE-2017-20199

Aug. 16, 2025, 12:15 a.m.

2.3
Low

Description

A vulnerability was found in Buttercup buttercup-browser-extension up to 0.14.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 1.0.1 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 89. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Buttercup
  • Buttercup-browser-extension
  • <0.14.2

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-266
Incorrect Privilege Assignment
A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a buttercup buttercup-browser-extension <0.14.2 / / / / / / /

References

https://github.com/buttercup/buttercup-browser-extension/issues/92
https://github.com/buttercup/buttercup-browser-extension/issues/92#issuecomment-358449755
https://github.com/buttercup/buttercup-browser-extension/issues/92#issuecomment-372991430
https://github.com/buttercup/buttercup-browser-extension/pull/89
https://github.com/buttercup/buttercup-browser-extension/releases/tag/v1.0.1
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.319969
https://vuldb.com/?id.319969
https://vuldb.com/?submit.628170

Tags

cna@vuldb.com
CWE-266
2025-08-16
CVE-2017-20199

CVSS Score

2.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: HIGH
  • Attack Requirements: NONE
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • User Interaction: PASSIVE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: LOW
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
  • Exploit Maturity: PROOF_OF_CONCEPT

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/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

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Timeline

Published: Aug. 16, 2025, 12:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Aug. 16, 2025, 12:15 a.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

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