What is CVE-2017-11611?

CVE-2017-11611 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wolfcms Wolf Cms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-09-08.

How severe is CVE-2017-11611?

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

Is CVE-2017-11611 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Wolfcms Wolf Cms

CVE-2017-11611

Wolf CMS 0.8.3.1 allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of the file name in a "create-file-popup" action, and the directory name in a "create-directory-popup" action, in the HTTP POST method to the "/plugin/file_manager/" script (aka an /admin/plugin/file_manager/browse// URI).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.009 (56.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Wolfcms Wolf_cms — versions 0.8.3.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

faizzaidi/Wolfcms-v0.8.3.1-xss-POC-by-Provensec-llc

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11611?: CVE-2017-11611 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wolfcms Wolf Cms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-09-08.
How severe is CVE-2017-11611?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-11611 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.