Elefant CMS Version Comparison Persistent cross site scriting

Also known as GHSA-5hfm-g799-wjw6

Published 4 y ago 2022-06-20 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

4.3

v3.1 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.8%

percentile 56%

Public exploits

none known

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Elefant CMS 1.3.12-RC. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Version Comparison. The manipulation leads to basic cross site scripting (Persistent). The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 1.3.13 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation: Proof of concept public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 18 mo ago 2025-04-14

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.76% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.1	4.3	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`
CNA	3.1	4.3	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`
NVD	3.1	6.1	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`
NVD	2.0	4.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`
GitHub	3.1	6.1	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
packagist	`elefant/cms`	<1.3.13	1.3.13

Affected products

Elefant CMS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

seclists.org /fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/36 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
vuldb.com /?id.97255 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20058 · advisory
github.com /jbroadway/elefant · package

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-20058
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-5hfm-g799-wjw6
NVD: CVE-2017-20058

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Summary