What is CVE-2017-8760?

CVE-2017-8760 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Accellion File_transfer_appliance, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-05-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-8760?

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

Is CVE-2017-8760 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Accellion File_transfer_appliance

CVE-2017-8760

An issue was discovered on Accellion FTA devices before FTA_9_12_180. There is XSS in courier/1000@/index.html with the auth_params parameter. The device tries to use internal WAF filters to stop specific XSS Vulnerabilities. However, thes…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.010 (77.8th 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

Accellion File_transfer_appliance
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Voraka/cve-2017-8760

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8760?: CVE-2017-8760 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Accellion File_transfer_appliance, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-05-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-8760?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-8760 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.