What is CVE-2017-17933?

CVE-2017-17933 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netwin Surgeftp, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-12-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-17933?

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

XSS in Netwin Surgeftp

CVE-2017-17933

cgi/surgeftpmgr.cgi (aka the Web Manager interface on TCP port 7021 or 9021) in NetWin SurgeFTP version 23f2 has XSS via the classid, domainid, or username parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-12-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Netwin Surgeftp — versions 23f2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/145572/NetWin-SurgeFTP-23f2-Cross-Site-Scripting… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17933?: CVE-2017-17933 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netwin Surgeftp, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-12-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-17933?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.