What is CVE-2017-15219?

CVE-2017-15219 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dotcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2017-15219?

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

XSS in Dotcms

CVE-2017-15219

The dotCMS 4.1.1 application is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) affecting a vanity-urls Title field, a containers Description field, and a templates Description field.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-10-10 · 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: 0.005 (41.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 41.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dotcms — versions 4.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

raw.githubusercontent.com/badbiddy/Vulnerability-Disclosure/master/dotCMS > 4.1… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15219?: CVE-2017-15219 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dotcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2017-15219?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.