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CVE-2017-15572

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
Severity7.5High · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability2.40 %higher than 84% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

In Redmine before 3.2.6 and 3.3.x before 3.3.3, remote attackers can obtain sensitive information (password reset tokens) by reading a Referer log, because account/lost_password does not use a redirect.

CVSS

Base score
7.5
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
2.40 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
84
Score date
10/22/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Debian — Debian LinuxRedmine — Redmine

CWEs

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