What is CVE-2017-15092?

CVE-2017-15092 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Recursor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-15092?

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

XSS in Powerdns Recursor

CVE-2017-15092

A cross-site scripting issue has been found in the web interface of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6, where the qname of DNS queries was displayed without any escaping, allowing a remote attacker to inject HTML and Javascript code into the web interface, altering the content.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-01-23 · 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: 0.023 (82.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Powerdns Recursor — versions from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6
Powerdns Recursor

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/101982 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2017-05.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15092?: CVE-2017-15092 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Powerdns Recursor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-15092?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.