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title: "CVE-2017-16893\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2017-16893

Publication date 1 December 2017

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16893?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

The application Piwigo is affected by an SQL injection vulnerability in
version 2.9.2 and possibly prior. This vulnerability allows remote
authenticated attackers to obtain information in the context of the user
used by the application to retrieve data from the database. tags.php is
affected: values of the edit\_list parameters are not sanitized; these are
used to construct an SQL query and retrieve a list of registered users into
the application.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| piwigo | 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16893)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16893)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-16893)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16893)

### Other references

* <https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/issues/804>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16893>