What is CVE-2017-10962?

CVE-2017-10962 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vanderbilt Redcap, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-10962?

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

XSS in Vanderbilt Redcap

CVE-2017-10962

REDCap before 7.5.1 has XSS via the query string.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-07-18 · 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 (48.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.5% 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

Vanderbilt Redcap

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

community.projectredcap.org/articles/13/changelog-standard-release.html (Permissions Required)
gist.github.com/jordanpotti/fef4f1ada404d5ba7f88ab42e93cdaae (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-10962?: CVE-2017-10962 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vanderbilt Redcap, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-10962?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.