What is CVE-2017-8098?

CVE-2017-8098 is a medium-severity vulnerability in E107, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-04-24.

How severe is CVE-2017-8098?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

CSRF in E107

CVE-2017-8098

e107 2.1.4 is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery in plugin-installing, meta-changing, and settings-changing. A malicious web page can use forged requests to make e107 download and install a plug-in provided by the attacker.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2017-04-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.8% 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

E107 — versions 2.1.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

github.com/e107inc/e107/commit/7a3e3d9fc7e05ce6941b9af1c14010bf2141f1a5 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Apr/40 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8098?: CVE-2017-8098 is a medium-severity vulnerability in E107, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-04-24.
How severe is CVE-2017-8098?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.