What is CVE-2017-16836?

CVE-2017-16836 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Commscope Arris Tg1682g, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-11-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-16836?

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

XSS in Commscope Arris Tg1682g

CVE-2017-16836

Arris TG1682G devices with Comcast TG1682_2.0s7_PRODse 10.0.59.SIP.PC20.CT software allow Unauthenticated Stored XSS via the actionHandler/ajax_managed_services.php service parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-11-16 · 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: 0.020 (79.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Commscope Arris Tg1682g
Commscope Arris Tg1682g Firmware — versions 10.0.59.sip.pc20.ct

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/134288/Arris-TG1682G-Modem-Cross-Site-Scripting.h… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38657/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16836?: CVE-2017-16836 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Commscope Arris Tg1682g, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-11-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-16836?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.