imdbphp Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Also known as GHSA-8jxq-gpmr-h4g4

Published 9 y ago 2017-03-21 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

6.1

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.7%

percentile 54%

Public exploits

none known

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) was discovered in imdbphp 5.1.1. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data (name) passed to the "imdbphp-master/demo/search.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.72% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	6.1	`CVSS:3.0/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	3.0	6.1	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
packagist	`imdbphp/imdbphp`	<5.2.0	5.2.0

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

securityfocus.com /bid/97002 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
github.com /tboothman/imdbphp/issues/88 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7204 · advisory
github.com /tboothman/imdbphp/commit/5875c75c6ca6a53dc4faaaeca973150d380e88e2 · web
github.com /tboothman/imdbphp · package

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-7204
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-8jxq-gpmr-h4g4
NVD: CVE-2017-7204

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