What is CVE-2017-5875?

CVE-2017-5875 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dotcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2017-5875?

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

XSS in Dotcms

CVE-2017-5875

XSS was discovered in dotCMS 3.7.0, with an authenticated attack against the /myAccount addressID parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-02-06 · 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: 0.006 (43.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Dotcms — versions 3.7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/dotCMS/core/issues/10643 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96115 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5875?: CVE-2017-5875 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dotcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-5875?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.