# CVE-2017-20179: InSTEDD Pollit tour\_controller.rb TourController Privilege Escalation

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2023-02-21 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- InSTEDD Pollit: 2.3.1

## Description

A vulnerability was found in InSTEDD Pollit 2.3.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function TourController of the file app/controllers/tour_controller.rb. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 2.3.2 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 6ef04f8b5972d5f16f8b86f8b53f62fac68d5498. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221507.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on InSTEDD Pollit, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.221507
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.221507
- https://github.com/instedd/pollit/commit/6ef04f8b5972d5f16f8b86f8b53f62fac68d5498
- https://github.com/instedd/pollit/releases/tag/2.3.2

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