Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX and Sitefinity Cryptographic Weakness Vulnerability
Progress / ASP.NET AJAX and Sitefinity
Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX and Sitefinity have a cryptographic weakness in Telerik.Web.UI.dll that can be exploited to disclose encryption keys (Telerik.Web.UI.DialogParametersEncryptionKey and/or the MachineKey), perform cross-site-scripting (XSS) attacks, compromise the ASP.NET ViewState, and/or upload and download files.
- CVE identifier
- CVE-2017-9248
- Added to KEV
- Nov 3, 2021
- CISA catalog dueDate
- May 3, 2022
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Publisher's required action
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- Ransomware use, as reported by CISA
- Unknown
- CVSS severity
- Not supplied by KEV
- EPSS probability
- Not available
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Source notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9248
Source & freshness
Source updated: Nov 6, 2026, 7:44 PM UTC
Successfully checked: Nov 7, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC
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