What is CVE-2017-5553?

CVE-2017-5553 is a medium-severity vulnerability in B2evolution, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-5553?

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

XSS in B2evolution

CVE-2017-5553

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in plugins/markdown_plugin/_markdown.plugin.php in b2evolution before 6.8.5 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a javascript: URL.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.012 (64.9th 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

B2evolution
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, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5553?: CVE-2017-5553 is a medium-severity vulnerability in B2evolution, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-5553?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.