What is CVE-2017-14049?

CVE-2017-14049 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Blackcat-Cms Blackcat Cms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-08-31.

How severe is CVE-2017-14049?

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

XSS in Blackcat-Cms Blackcat Cms

CVE-2017-14049

In BlackCat CMS 1.2, backend/settings/ajax_save_settings.php allows remote authenticated users to conduct XSS attacks via the Website header or Website footer field.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-08-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (45.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 45.5% 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

Blackcat-Cms Blackcat Cms — versions 1.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/M4ple/vulnerability/blob/master/blackcat_cms_xss/blackcat_cms_xss.md (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14049?: CVE-2017-14049 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Blackcat-Cms Blackcat Cms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-08-31.
How severe is CVE-2017-14049?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.