What is CVE-2017-5608?

CVE-2017-5608 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Piwigo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-01-28.

How severe is CVE-2017-5608?

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

XSS in Piwigo

CVE-2017-5608

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the image upload function in Piwigo before 2.8.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted image filename.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-01-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (68.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 68.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Piwigo

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/issues/600 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95848 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/commit/6ec3f2d0fae0437f0c2cc8c475a26fb6aeb0d4cb (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
piwigo.org/releases/2.8.6 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5608?: CVE-2017-5608 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Piwigo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-01-28.
How severe is CVE-2017-5608?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.