What is CVE-2017-17752?

CVE-2017-17752 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codecrafters Ability Mail Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2017-17752?

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

Is CVE-2017-17752 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Codecrafters Ability Mail Server

CVE-2017-17752

Ability Mail Server 3.3.2 has Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the body of an e-mail message, with JavaScript code executed on the Read Mail screen (aka the /_readmail URI). This is fixed in version 4.2.4.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-12-20 · 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: 0.014 (72.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Codecrafters Ability Mail Server — versions 3.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43378/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17752?: CVE-2017-17752 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codecrafters Ability Mail Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2017-17752?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-17752 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.