What is CVE-2017-11516?

CVE-2017-11516 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yiiframework Yii, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-11516?

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

XSS in Yiiframework Yii

CVE-2017-11516

An XSS vulnerability exists in framework/views/errorHandler/exception.php in Yii Framework 2.0.12 affecting the exception screen when debug mode is enabled, because $exception->errorInfo is mishandled.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (45.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Yiiframework Yii — versions 2.0.12
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11516?: CVE-2017-11516 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yiiframework Yii, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-11516?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.