What is CVE-2017-9836?

CVE-2017-9836 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Piwigo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-06-24.

How severe is CVE-2017-9836?

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

XSS in Piwigo

CVE-2017-9836

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Piwigo 2.9.1 allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the virtual_name parameter to /admin.php (i.e., creating a virtual album).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-06-24 · 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: 0.006 (46.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Piwigo — versions 2.9.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/issues/716 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9836?: CVE-2017-9836 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Piwigo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2017-06-24.
How severe is CVE-2017-9836?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.