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)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (61.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 62nd percentile — 61.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97061 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- github.com/pi-engine/pi/issues/1523 (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.