What is CVE-2017-9783?

CVE-2017-9783 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Projectsend, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-03-06.

How severe is CVE-2017-9783?

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

Is CVE-2017-9783 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Projectsend

CVE-2017-9783

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ProjectSend (formerly cFTP) before commit 6c3710430be26feb5371cb0377e5355d6f9a27ca allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field in a Site name updated.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2018-03-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Projectsend

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

github.com/ignacionelson/ProjectSend/pull/448/commits/6c3710430be26feb5371cb037… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/ignacionelson/ProjectSend/compare/448/commits (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9783?: CVE-2017-9783 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Projectsend, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-03-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-9783?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-9783 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.