What is CVE-2017-16801?

CVE-2017-16801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Octopus Deploy, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-11-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-16801?

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

XSS in Octopus Deploy

CVE-2017-16801

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Octopus Deploy 3.7.0-3.17.13 (fixed in 3.17.14) allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Step Template Name parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (51.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Octopus Octopus_deploy
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16801?: CVE-2017-16801 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Octopus Deploy, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-11-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-16801?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.