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CVE-2017-168841 exploit

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MistServer before 2.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vecto…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.3%
percentile 91%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MistServer before 2.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to failed authentication requests alerts.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.33% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-43205 MistServer 2.12 - Cross-Site Scripting · webapps · 2017-12-01

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.06.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

  • packetstormsecurity.com /files/145182/MistServer-2.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, x_transferred
  • hyp3rlinx.altervista.org /advisories/MIST-SERVER-v2.12-UNAUTHENTICATED-PERSISTENT-XSS-CVE-2017-16884.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/43205/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • news.mistserver.org /news/78/Stable+release+2.13+now+available%21 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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