What is CVE-2017-17994?

CVE-2017-17994 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Iwcnetwork Biometric Shift Employee Management System, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-12-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-17994?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Iwcnetwork Biometric Shift Employee Management System

CVE-2017-17994

Biometric Shift Employee Management System has XSS via the criteria parameter in an index.php?user=competency_criteria request.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-12-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Iwcnetwork Biometric Shift Employee Management System — versions 4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/d4wner/Vulnerabilities-Report/blob/master/Biometric-Shift-Employee-M… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17994?: CVE-2017-17994 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Iwcnetwork Biometric Shift Employee Management System, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-12-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-17994?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.