What is CVE-2017-16765?

CVE-2017-16765 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dlink Dwr-933, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-11-10.

How severe is CVE-2017-16765?

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

XSS in Dlink Dwr-933

CVE-2017-16765

XSS exists on D-Link DWR-933 1.00(WW)B17 devices via cgi-bin/gui.cgi.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-11-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (63.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dlink Dwr-933
Dlink Dwr-933 Firmware — versions 1.00(ww)b17, 1.00\(ww\)b17

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

gist.github.com/shiham101/d8f98d4ce302c12576f39af2ad2448ca (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16765?: CVE-2017-16765 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dlink Dwr-933, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-11-10.
How severe is CVE-2017-16765?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.