What is CVE-2017-9249?

CVE-2017-9249 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Allen Disk Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-05-28.

How severe is CVE-2017-9249?

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

XSS in Allen Disk Project

CVE-2017-9249

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Allen Disk 1.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML persistently by uploading a crafted HTML file. The attack vector is the content of this file, and the filename must be specified in the PATH_INFO to readfile.php.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-05-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-06.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.7% 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

Allen Disk Project — versions 1.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/s3131212/allendisk/issues/21 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98743 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9249?: CVE-2017-9249 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Allen Disk Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-05-28.
How severe is CVE-2017-9249?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.