What is CVE-2019-17606?

CVE-2019-17606 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hexo-Admin Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-23.

How severe is CVE-2019-17606?

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

XSS in Hexo-Admin Project

CVE-2019-17606

The Post editor functionality in the hexo-admin plugin versions 2.3.0 and earlier for Node.js is vulnerable to stored XSS via the content of a post.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-10-23 · 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 2026-10-26.

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

Hexo-Admin Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/jaredly/hexo-admin/commits/master (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.npmjs.com/advisories (Third Party Advisory)
mega.nz/
www.npmjs.com/advisories/1211 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17606?: CVE-2019-17606 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hexo-Admin Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-10-23.
How severe is CVE-2019-17606?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.