What is CVE-2019-17522?

CVE-2019-17522 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hotarucms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2019-17522?

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

XSS in Hotarucms

CVE-2019-17522

A stored XSS vulnerability was discovered in Hotaru CMS v1.7.2 via the admin_index.php?page=settings SITE NAME field (aka SITE_NAME), a related issue to CVE-2011-4709.1.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-10-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (49.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-26.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.0% 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

Hotarucms — versions 1.7.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/HotaruCMS/HotaruCMS/issues/101 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/HotaruCMS/HotaruCMS/blob/1a58334da94511df723bfbe78bba77765df181b1/in… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17522?: CVE-2019-17522 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hotarucms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2019-17522?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.