What is CVE-2017-8085?

CVE-2017-8085 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exponentcms Exponent Cms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2017-8085?

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

XSS in Exponentcms Exponent Cms

CVE-2017-8085

In Exponent CMS before 2.4.1 Patch #5, XSS in elFinder is possible in framework/modules/file/connector/elfinder.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-04-24 · 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: 0.011 (65.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Exponentcms Exponent Cms

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/releases/tag/v2.4.1patch5 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98043 (vdb-entry)
www.exponentcms.org/news/patch-5-released-for-v2-4-1-to-fix-a-few-critical-issu… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/exponentcms/exponent-cms/commit/0b2241ff1c7d86376fa260c5d4c1714f6cef… (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8085?: CVE-2017-8085 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exponentcms Exponent Cms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2017-8085?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.