What is CVE-2017-9668?

CVE-2017-9668 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-9668?

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

XSS in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple

CVE-2017-9668

In admin\addgroup.php in CMS Made Simple 2.1.6, when adding a user group, there is no XSS filtering, resulting in storage-type XSS generation, via the description parameter in an addgroup action.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.3th 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

Cmsmadesimple Cms_made_simple — versions 2.1.6
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9668?: CVE-2017-9668 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-9668?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.