What is CVE-2017-8376?

CVE-2017-8376 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Genixcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-8376?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Genixcms

CVE-2017-8376

GeniXCMS 1.0.2 has XSS triggered by an authenticated comment that is mishandled during a mouse operation by an administrator.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-05-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Genixcms — versions 1.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/semplon/GeniXCMS/issues/72 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8376?: CVE-2017-8376 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Genixcms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-8376?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.