What is CVE-2017-9537?

CVE-2017-9537 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2017-9537?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor

CVE-2017-9537

Persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Add Node function of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor version 12.0.15300.90 allows remote attackers to introduce arbitrary JavaScript into various vulnerable parameters.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-10-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.028 (86.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor — versions 12.0.15300.90

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541262/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101071 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9537?: CVE-2017-9537 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Network Performance Monitor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2017-9537?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.