What is CVE-2017-7591?

CVE-2017-7591 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openidm Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-04-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-7591?

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

XSS in Openidm Project

CVE-2017-7591

OpenIDM through 4.0.0 and 4.5.0 is vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks within the Admin UI, as demonstrated by the _sortKeys parameter to the authzRoles script under managed/user/.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-04-09 · 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 (50.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.9% 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

Openidm Project — versions 4.5.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.rootlabs.com.br/forgerock-persistent-and-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss/ (Third Party Advisory)
backstage.forgerock.com/knowledge/kb/article/a92936505 (Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7591?: CVE-2017-7591 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openidm Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-04-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-7591?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.