What is CVE-2023-36217?

CVE-2023-36217 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xoops, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2023-08-03.

How severe is CVE-2023-36217?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-36217 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Xoops

CVE-2023-36217

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Xoops CMS v.2.5.10 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the category name field of the image manager function.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-08-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Xoops — versions 2.5.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

capture0x/My-CVE

References

github.com/XOOPS/XoopsCore25/releases/tag/v2.5.10 (Release Notes)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51520 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-36217?: CVE-2023-36217 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xoops, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2023-08-03.
How severe is CVE-2023-36217?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-36217 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.