What is CVE-2017-9621?

CVE-2017-9621 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Epesi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-06-14.

How severe is CVE-2017-9621?

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

XSS in Epesi

CVE-2017-9621

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in modules/Base/Lang/Administrator/update_translation.php in EPESI in Telaxus/EPESI 1.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) original or (2) new parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-06-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (63.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Epesi

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/Telaxus/EPESI/issues/185 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/Telaxus/EPESI/commit/3cd666558c89d9c4b27eb74bf6b8e81b4f6e7118 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9621?: CVE-2017-9621 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Epesi, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-06-14.
How severe is CVE-2017-9621?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.