What is CVE-2017-7626?

CVE-2017-7626 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Smart Related Articles Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2017-7626?

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

XSS in Smart Related Articles Project

CVE-2017-7626

The "Smart related articles" extension 1.1 for Joomla! has XSS in dialog.php (n_art,type in GET Method).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-04-13 · 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: 0.009 (58.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Smart Related Articles Project — versions 1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

extensions.joomla.org/extension/smart-related-articles/ (Not Applicable)
vel.joomla.org/live-vel/1952-smart-related-articles-1-1-sql-injection (Third Party Advisory)
gist.github.com/anonymous/14576258b0e66bb25ca4b7ca1638e51f (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7626?: CVE-2017-7626 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Smart Related Articles Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2017-7626?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.