What is CVE-2017-17478?

CVE-2017-17478 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pega Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-02-27.

How severe is CVE-2017-17478?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Pega Platform

CVE-2017-17478

An XSS issue was discovered in Designer Studio in Pegasystems Pega Platform 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2, 7.2.1, and 7.2.2. A user with developer credentials can insert malicious code (up to 64 characters) into a text field in Designer Studio, after establishing context. Designer Studio is the developer workbench for Pega Platform. That XSS payload will execute when other developers visit the affected pages.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Pega Pega_platform — versions 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17478?: CVE-2017-17478 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pega Platform, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2017-17478?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.