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CVE-2017-7280: An issue was discovered in api/includes/systems.php in Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.0.0.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 41/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 6.1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 93.6% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

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Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

An issue was discovered in api/includes/systems.php in Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.0.0. User input is not properly filtered before being sent to a popen function. This allows for remote code execution by sending a specially crafted user variable.

Published
Apr 12, 2017
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
6.1% · 93th percentile

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Action score

41

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
2 / 30 · 6.1%

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
unitrendsenterprise backup

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • unitrends enterprise backupup to 8.2.0-8 inclusive

Same product

unitrends: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2014-3008Unitrends Enterprise Backup 7.3.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the comm…
    42Plan
  • CVE-2017-7279An unprivileged user of the Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.0.0 web server can escalate to root privileges by modifying the "token"…
    40Plan
  • CVE-2017-7283An authenticated user of Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.1.2 can execute arbitrary OS commands by sending a specially crafted filename…
    36Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2014-3139May 2, 2014 · recoveryconsole/bpl/snmpd.php in Unitrends Enterprise Backup 7.3.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by setting the auth…
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2017-7281Apr 12, 2017 · An issue was discovered in Unitrends Enterprise Backup before 9.1.2.
    36Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2017-7284Apr 12, 2017 · An attacker that has hijacked a Unitrends Enterprise Backup (before 9.1.2) web server session can leverage api/includes/users.php to change…
    36Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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