CVE-2017-7240

HIGH

Miele Professional PST10 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-7240. PoCs published by Jens Regel.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a directory traversal vulnerability in the Miele Professional PG 8528 web server, allowing unauthenticated attackers to access sensitive files like /etc/shadow via crafted HTTP GET requests.

Description

An issue was discovered on Miele Professional PST10 devices. The corresponding embedded webserver "PST10 WebServer" typically listens to port 80 and is prone to a directory traversal attack; therefore, an unauthenticated attacker may be able to exploit this issue to access sensitive information to aide in subsequent attacks. A Proof of Concept is GET /../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/shadow HTTP/1.1. This affects PG8527 devices 2.02 before 2.12, PG8527 devices 2.51 before 2.61, PG8527 devices 2.52 before 2.62, PG8527 devices 2.54 before 2.64, PG8528 devices 2.02 before 2.12, PG8528 devices 2.51 before 2.61, PG8528 devices 2.52 before 2.62, PG8528 devices 2.54 before 2.64, PG8535 devices 1.00 before 1.10, PG8535 devices 1.04 before 1.14, PG8536 devices 1.10 before 1.20, and PG8536 devices 1.14 before 1.24.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Jens Regel · textremotehardware
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41718

This exploit demonstrates a directory traversal vulnerability in the Miele Professional PG 8528 web server, allowing unauthenticated attackers to access sensitive files like /etc/shadow via crafted HTTP GET requests.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Miele Professional PG 8528 with PST10 WebServer
No auth needed
Prerequisites: network access to the target device
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/63
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41718/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97080

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.1741
EPSS Percentile 96.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (1)
miele_professional/pst10_webserver
Published Mar 24, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026