CVE-2017-14712

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Published 2017-09-22 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

5.4

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.4

Description

In EPESI 1.8.2 rev20170830, there is Stored XSS in the Tasks Phonecall Notes Title parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

64%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42950 webapps php text · 2 KB

Zeeshan Shaikh · 2017-10-03

EPESI 1.8.2 rev20170830 - Cross-Site Scripting

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB

# Exploit Title: Multiple Stored XSS in EPESI
# Date: 10/03/2017
# Exploit Author: Zeeshan Shaikh
# Vendor Homepage: http://epe.si/
# Software Link: http://epe.si/download/
# Version: 1.8.2 rev20170830
# CVE : CVE-2017-14712 to CVE-2017-14717
# Category: webapps


XSS 1 (Tasks - Title)
Steps to recreate:
1. Home->Tasks->add new
2. Enter title as "MYTITLE" and fill required details but don't click save
3. Start interceptor and intercept request
4. click save
5. Now replace MYTITLE with "<i onclick=alert(1)>alertme</i>"(without
quotes)
6. Home->click on alertme

XSS 2 (Tasks - Description)
Steps to recreate:
1. Create a new task and fill description as "MYDESC" but don't click on
save
2. Start intercepting request and then click save on browser
3. Now replace MYDESC with "<script>alert(1)</script>"
4. Go to Home(make sure task applet is there) -> Mouseover on i icon

XSS 3 (Tasks/Phonecall - Notes - Title)
Steps to recreate:
1. Home->Tasks/PhoneCall->Notes->add new
2. Steps same as XSS 1
3. Click on alertme in notes section

XSS 4 (Tasks - Alerts - Title)
Steps to recreate:
1. Home->Tasks->Notes->add new
2. Steps same as XSS 1
3. Click on alertme in alerts section

XSS 5 (Phonecalls - Subject)
Steps to recreate:
1. Create a new phonecall and fill subject as "MYSUB" but don't click on
save
2. Start intercepting request and then click save on browser
3. Now replace MYSUB with "<script>alert(1)</script>"
4. Go to Home(make sure task applet is there) -> Mouseover on i icon

XSS 6 (Phonecalls - Description)
Same as XSS 5

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
telaxius	epesi	`{"endIncluding":"1.8.2"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.