What is CVE-2017-16015?

CVE-2017-16015 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Forms Project, classified under Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-16015?

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

XSS in Forms Project

CVE-2017-16015

Forms is a library for easily creating HTML forms. Versions before 1.3.0 did not have proper html escaping. This means that if the application did not sanitize html on behalf of forms, use of forms may be vulnerable to cross site scripting

Published 2018-06-04 · 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: 0.008 (56.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Forms Project
HackerOne Forms Node Module — versions <1.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

github.com/caolan/forms/commit/bc01e534a0ff863dedb2026a50bd03153bbc6a5d (Patch)
nodesecurity.io/advisories/158 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16015?: CVE-2017-16015 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Forms Project, classified under Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-16015?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.