Is CVE-2017-7929 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-7929 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-7929?

CVE-2017-7929 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-7929?

CVE-2017-7929 has an EPSS score of 1.54% (72th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2017-7929?

No published fix for CVE-2017-7929 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-7929

HIGHEPSS 72th pctl

7.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An Absolute Path Traversal issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess Version 8.1 and prior. The absolute path traversal vulnerability has been identified, which may allow an attacker to traverse the file system to access restricted files or directories.

CWE-36 CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.54%probability of exploitation in 30 days

72ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 72% of all known CVEs.

References

Mitigation1

ics-cert.us-cert.gov

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.