CVE-2017-11317 — Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability
Overview
Telerik.Web.UI in Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX allows remote attackers to perform arbitrary file uploads or execute arbitrary code.
Vulnerability details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-11317
- Vulnerability
- Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability
- Vendor
- Telerik
- Affected products
- Telerik: User Interface (UI) for ASP.NET AJAX
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitation status
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
- Published
- 2022-04-11
Remediation guidance
CVE-2017-11317 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.
Apply the vendor's official security update for Telerik the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.
Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.
Authoritative references
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