What is CVE-2017-15648?

CVE-2017-15648 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpsugar PHP Melody, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-10-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-15648?

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

XSS in Phpsugar PHP Melody

CVE-2017-15648

In PHPSUGAR PHP Melody before 2.7.3, page_manager.php has XSS via the page_title parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-10-19 · 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 (49.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.6% 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

Phpsugar PHP Melody

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.phpsugar.com/blog/2017/10/php-melody-v2-7-3-maintenance-release/ (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3464 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15648?: CVE-2017-15648 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpsugar PHP Melody, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-10-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-15648?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.