What is CVE-2017-12792?

CVE-2017-12792 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nexusphp Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-12792?

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

Is CVE-2017-12792 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Nexusphp Project

CVE-2017-12792

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in NexusPHP 1.5 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (1) linkname, (2) url, or (3) title parameter in an add action to linksmanage.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-10-03 · 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: 0.012 (67.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 67.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Nexusphp Project — versions 1.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/UUUUnotfound/cve-2017-12792 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12792?: CVE-2017-12792 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nexusphp Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-12792?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-12792 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.