What is CVE-2017-1000478?

CVE-2017-1000478 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elabftw, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-01-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000478?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Elabftw

CVE-2017-1000478

ELabftw version 1.7.8 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting in the experiment infos component resulting in arbitrary execution of JavaScript and denial of service.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-01-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Elabftw — versions 1.7.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/elabftw/elabftw/issues/531 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000478?: CVE-2017-1000478 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elabftw, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-01-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000478?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.