What is CVE-2017-18176?

CVE-2017-18176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Progress Sitefinity, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-02-12.

How severe is CVE-2017-18176?

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

XSS in Progress Sitefinity

CVE-2017-18176

Progress Sitefinity 9.1 has XSS via file upload, because JavaScript code in an HTML file has the same origin as the application's own code. This is fixed in 10.1.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (49.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Progress Sitefinity — versions 9.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18176?: CVE-2017-18176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Progress Sitefinity, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2017-18176?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.