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CVE-2017-6909

An issue was discovered in Shimmie <= 2.5.1.

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.8%
percentile 55%
Public exploits
0
none known

An issue was discovered in Shimmie <= 2.5.1. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data (log) passed to the "shimmie2-master/ext/chatbox/history/index.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.76% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs.

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

  • github.com /shish/shimmie2/issues/597 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/96932 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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