High
Security advisory
qa-include/qa-install.php in Question2Answer before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to create multiple user accounts.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-12775
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:51 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
qa-include/qa-install.php in Question2Answer before 1.7.5 allows remote attackers to create multiple user accounts.
osv:CVE-2017-12775
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:10.505232594Z",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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