What is CVE-2017-1000497?

CVE-2017-1000497 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pepperminty-Wiki Project, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000497?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

XXE in Pepperminty-Wiki Project

CVE-2017-1000497

Pepperminty-Wiki version 0.15 is vulnerable to XXE attacks in the getsvgsize function resulting in denial of service and possibly remote code execution

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.025 (84.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pepperminty-Wiki Project — versions 0.15

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

github.com/sbrl/Pepperminty-Wiki/issues/152 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000497?: CVE-2017-1000497 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pepperminty-Wiki Project, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000497?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.