What is CVE-2017-7296?

CVE-2017-7296 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Contiki-Os Contiki, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-05-28.

How severe is CVE-2017-7296?

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

XSS in Contiki-Os Contiki

CVE-2017-7296

An issue was discovered in Contiki Operating System 3.0. A Persistent XSS vulnerability is present in the MQTT/IBM Cloud Config page (aka mqtt.html) of cc26xx-web-demo. The cc26xx-web-demo features a webserver that runs on a constrained device. That particular page allows a user to remotely configure that device's operation by sending HTTP POST requests. The vulnerability consists of improper input sanitisation of the text fields on the MQTT/IBM Cloud config page, allowing for JavaScript code injection.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-05-28 · 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: 0.008 (55.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Contiki-Os Contiki — versions 3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

gist.github.com/jackmcbride/c9328627f1ee104ce84f3fb7eff42f1e (Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98790 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7296?: CVE-2017-7296 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Contiki-Os Contiki, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-05-28.
How severe is CVE-2017-7296?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.