CVE-2017-9602

CRITICAL

KBVault Mysql Free Knowledge Base <0.16a - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-9602. PoCs published by Fatih Emiral.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an unauthenticated file upload vulnerability in KBVault MySQL v0.16a, allowing arbitrary code execution via ASPX file upload. The exploit details the steps to upload and execute a malicious script.

Description

KBVault Mysql Free Knowledge Base application package 0.16a comes with a FileExplorer/Explorer.aspx?id=/Uploads file-management component. An unauthenticated user can access the file upload and deletion functionality. Through this functionality, a user can upload an ASPX script to Uploads/Documents/ to run any arbitrary code.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Fatih Emiral · textwebappsaspx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42184

This is a writeup describing an unauthenticated file upload vulnerability in KBVault MySQL v0.16a, allowing arbitrary code execution via ASPX file upload. The exploit details the steps to upload and execute a malicious script.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: KBVault MySQL v0.16a
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target's FileExplorer/Explorer.aspx endpoint
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42184/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0429
EPSS Percentile 89.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (1)
kbvault_mysql_project/kbvault_mysql 0.16a
Published Jun 16, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026