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VulnerabilityCVE-2017-11317Published 2017-08-23

CVE-2017-11317 — telerik:ui_for_asp.net_ajax

criticalCISA KEVPublic exploit4 PoC repos

As of 2025-10-21, CVE-2017-11317 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in telerik:ui_for_asp.net_ajax, CVSS v3.1 9.8, EPSS 84.1% (99.6th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-04-11), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2022-05-02. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 2 tracked threat campaigns to CVE-2017-11317, most recently “CVE-2019-18935 Telerik UI Deserialization Exploited to Deploy Web Shells and a WordPress Scanner on IIS Servers”.

CVSS v3.1
9.8/10Critical
EPSS
84.1%Higher than 99.6% of scored CVEs
CISA KEV
ListedAdded · due 2022-05-02
Tracked threats
2Campaigns referencing it
Priority
9/10Threadlinqs triage score
Published
Updated 2025-10-21
CVSS v3.1 9.8 (CRITICAL) · EPSS 84.1% (higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 9/10 · Published 2017-08-23

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What is CVE-2017-11317?

Telerik.Web.UI in Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX before R1 2017 and R2 before R2 2017 SP2 uses weak RadAsyncUpload encryption, which allows remote attackers to perform arbitrary file uploads or execute arbitrary code.

The record classifies CVE-2017-11317 under weakness class CWE-326. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 3339 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score
9.8 — CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST)
84.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Listed since 2022-04-11, federal remediation deadline 2022-05-02
Threadlinqs priority
9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
Published
2017-08-23, last modified 2025-10-21

Is CVE-2017-11317 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2017-11317 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-04-11, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2022-05-02 under BOD 22-01. Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2017-11317 is publicly available. 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 48 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

  • (vendor unspecified): telerik:ui_for_asp.net_ajax

How to fix CVE-2017-11317

Because CVE-2017-11317 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2022-05-02. No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2017-11317 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2017-11317

2 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2017-11317, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .

Vendor advisory and patch

Exploit and proof of concept

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