CVE-2017-7944 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

XOOPS Core 2.5.8.1 has XSS due to unescaped HTML output of an Install DB failure error message in page_dbsettings.php.

Published: 2017-04-24

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xoops:xoops:2.5.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-16915	XOOPS Core 2.5.8.1 has XSS due to unescaped HTML output of an Install DB failure error message in page_dbsettings.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00761.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97978
https://tsublogs.wordpress.com/2017/04/24/xoops-core-2-5-8-1-install-db-cross-site-scripting/

History

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Subscriptions

Xoops Xoops

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-24T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:19:29.639Z

Reserved: 2017-04-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7944

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-24T10:59:00.193

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:25:31.727

Link: CVE-2017-7944

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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