What is CVE-2017-5616?

CVE-2017-5616 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel Cgiecho, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-5616?

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

XSS in Cpanel Cgiecho

CVE-2017-5616

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cgiemail and cgiecho allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the addendum parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.012 (64.1th 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

Cpanel Cgiecho
Cpanel Cgiemail
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_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5616?: CVE-2017-5616 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cpanel Cgiecho, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-5616?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.