What is CVE-2017-7251?

CVE-2017-7251 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Piengine Pi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-7251?

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

XSS in Piengine Pi

CVE-2017-7251

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) was discovered in pi-engine/pi 2.5.0. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data (preview) passed to the "pi-develop/www/script/editor/markitup/preview/markdown.php" URL. 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)

EPSS: 0.010 (58.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Piengine Pi
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_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7251?: CVE-2017-7251 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Piengine Pi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-7251?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.