What is CVE-2017-16956?

CVE-2017-16956 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symphony Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-11-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-16956?

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

XSS in Symphony Project

CVE-2017-16956

b3log Symphony (aka Sym) 2.2.0 allows an XSS attack by sending a private letter with a certain /article URI, and a second private letter with a modified title.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (51.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Symphony_project Symphony — versions 2.2.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16956?: CVE-2017-16956 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Symphony Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-11-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-16956?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.