What is CVE-2017-17431?

CVE-2017-17431 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Genixcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-12-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-17431?

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

XSS in Genixcms

CVE-2017-17431

GeniXCMS 1.1.5 has XSS via the from, id, lang, menuid, mod, q, status, term, to, or token parameter. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2017-14761, CVE-2017-14762, or CVE-2017-14765.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-12-05 · 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: 0.007 (50.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Genixcms — versions 1.1.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

code610.blogspot.com/2017/12/modus-operandi-genixcms-115.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17431?: CVE-2017-17431 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Genixcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-12-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-17431?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.