What is CVE-2017-7998?

CVE-2017-7998 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gespage, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-01-08.

How severe is CVE-2017-7998?

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

Is CVE-2017-7998 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Gespage

CVE-2017-7998

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Gespage before 7.4.9 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) printer name when adding a printer in the admin panel or (2) username parameter to webapp/users/user_reg.jsp.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.020 (78.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Gespage
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7998?: CVE-2017-7998 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gespage, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-01-08.
How severe is CVE-2017-7998?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-7998 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.