What is CVE-2017-5197?

CVE-2017-5197 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Silverstripe, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-06.

How severe is CVE-2017-5197?

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

XSS in Silverstripe

CVE-2017-5197

There is XSS in SilverStripe CMS before 3.4.4 and 3.5.x before 3.5.2. The attack vector is a page name. An example payload is a crafted JavaScript event handler within a malformed SVG element.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (51.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Silverstripe — versions 3.5.0, 3.5.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5197?: CVE-2017-5197 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Silverstripe, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-5197?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.