What is CVE-2017-5900?

CVE-2017-5900 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netcomm Nb16wv-02, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-03-29.

How severe is CVE-2017-5900?

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

XSS in Netcomm Nb16wv-02

CVE-2017-5900

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the NetComm NB16WV-02 router with firmware NB16WV_R0.09 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the S801F0334 parameter to hdd.htm.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-03-29 · 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: 0.009 (58.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Netcomm Nb16wv-02
Netcomm Nb16wv-02 Firmware — versions nb16wv_r0.09

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1038171 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97161 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/75 (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5900?: CVE-2017-5900 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netcomm Nb16wv-02, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-03-29.
How severe is CVE-2017-5900?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.