What is CVE-2017-3165?

CVE-2017-3165 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Brooklyn, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-3165?

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

XSS in Apache Brooklyn

CVE-2017-3165

In Apache Brooklyn before 0.10.0, the REST server is vulnerable to cross-site scripting where one authenticated user can cause scripts to run in the browser of another user authorized to access the first user's resources. This is due to improper escaping of server-side content. There is known to be a proof-of-concept exploit using this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-09-13 · 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: 0.022 (82.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Brooklyn
Apache Software Foundation Brooklyn — versions 0.9.0 and all prior versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96228 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
brooklyn.apache.org/community/security/CVE-2017-3165.html (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
lists.apache.org/thread.html/5aa6b7583edbfc1f5653607003204326d9e27ef65e8af356c7… (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-3165?: CVE-2017-3165 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Brooklyn, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-3165?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.