CVE-2017-20178 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) Information Exposure vulnerability in codiad/codiad. A fix is available for codiad/codiad — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Codiad information disclosure vulnerability
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability was found in Codiad 2.8.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function saveJSON of the file components/install/process.php. The manipulation of the argument data leads to information disclosure. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Upgrading to version 2.8.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 517119de673e62547ee472a730be0604f44342b5. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-221498 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | codiad/codiad | all versions | 2.8.1composer require codiad/codiad:^2.8.1 |
Affected Products
codiadcodiadDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for codiad/codiad, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update codiad/codiad to 2.8.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2017-20178 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Assume what was exposed is already known: rotate any credential, token or key that the affected component could return, restrict the endpoint to callers that genuinely need it, and strip sensitive fields from responses and error output at the boundary rather than relying on the client not to read them.
Frequently Asked Questions
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