What is CVE-2017-10801?

CVE-2017-10801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpsocial, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-10801?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Phpsocial

CVE-2017-10801

phpSocial (formerly phpDolphin) before 3.0.1 has XSS in the PATH_INFO to the search/tag/ URI.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-07-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (50.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Phpsocial

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.seekurity.com/blog/advisories/cross-sitescripting-vulnerability-in-phpsocia… (Third Party Advisory)
phpsocial.com/page/changelog (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-10801?: CVE-2017-10801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpsocial, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-10801?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.