What is CVE-2017-14981?

CVE-2017-14981 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atutor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-14981?

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

XSS in Atutor

CVE-2017-14981

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) was discovered in ATutor before 2.2.3. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of data (url in /mods/_standard/rss_feeds/edit_feed.php). An attacker could inject arbitrary HTML and script code into a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-10-03 · 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 (46.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.4% 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

Atutor

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/atutor/ATutor/issues/135 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/atutor/ATutor/commit/9292360c8b3898d0990983269f110cef21729090 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14981?: CVE-2017-14981 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atutor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-14981?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.