What is CVE-2017-6483?

CVE-2017-6483 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atutor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-6483?

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

XSS in Atutor

CVE-2017-6483

Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issues were discovered in ATutor 2.2.2. The vulnerabilities exist due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data passed to several pages (lang_code in themes/*/admin/system_preferences/language_edit.tmpl.php). An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-03-05 · 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: 0.007 (51.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Atutor

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96578 (vdb-entry)
github.com/atutor/ATutor/issues/129 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6483?: CVE-2017-6483 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Atutor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-6483?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.