What is CVE-2017-12906?

CVE-2017-12906 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nexusphp Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-12906?

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

Is CVE-2017-12906 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-2017-12906

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in NexusPHP allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to (1) cheaters.php or (2) confirm_resend.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (53.5th 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

Nexusphp_project Nexusphp — versions 1.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12906?: CVE-2017-12906 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nexusphp Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-12906?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-12906 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.