What is CVE-2017-14756?

CVE-2017-14756 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opentext Document Sciences Xpression, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-14756?

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

XSS in Opentext Document Sciences Xpression

CVE-2017-14756

OpenText Document Sciences xPression (formerly EMC Document Sciences xPression) v4.5SP1 Patch 13 (older versions might be affected as well) is prone to Cross-Site Scripting: /xAdmin/html/Deployment (cat_id).

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: 0.007 (49.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Opentext Document Sciences Xpression

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

knowledge.opentext.com/knowledge/llisapi.dll/Open/68982774 (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/96 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14756?: CVE-2017-14756 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opentext Document Sciences Xpression, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-14756?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.