CVE-2017-8700 — Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.…
HIGHCVE-2017-8700 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core. EPSS puts its 30-day exploitation probability at 10.4% (96th percentile). A fix is available for Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Cross-origin Resource Sharing bypass in ASP.NET Core
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.NETMicrosoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.NETMicrosoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors.NETMicrosoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.CorsReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects NuGet packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
ASP.NET Core 1.0, 1.1, and 2.0 allow an attacker to bypass Cross-origin Resource Sharing (CORS) configurations and retrieve normally restricted content from a web application, aka "ASP.NET Core Information Disclosure Vulnerability".
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| .NETNuGet | Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core | ≥ 1.0.0&&< 1.0.6 | 1.0.6dotnet add package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core --version 1.0.6 |
| .NETNuGet | Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core | ≥ 1.1.0&&< 1.1.6 | 1.1.6dotnet add package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core --version 1.1.6 |
| .NETNuGet | Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors | ≥ 1.0.0&&< 1.0.6 | 1.0.6dotnet add package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors --version 1.0.6 |
| .NETNuGet | Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors | ≥ 1.1.0&&< 1.1.6 | 1.1.6dotnet add package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors --version 1.1.6 |
Affected Products
asp.net coremicrosoftDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core to 1.0.6 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2017-8700 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
Is CVE-2017-8700 in your dependencies?
Find it across NuGet, including transitive dependencies.