What is CVE-2017-16880?

CVE-2017-16880 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Whoops Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-11-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-16880?

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

XSS in Whoops Project

CVE-2017-16880

The dump function in Util/TemplateHelper.php in filp whoops before 2.1.13 has XSS.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-11-17 · 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 2026-10-24.

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

Whoops Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/filp/whoops/commit/c16791d28d1ca3139e398145f0c6565c523c291a (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16880?: CVE-2017-16880 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Whoops Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-11-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-16880?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.