CVE-2017-9516
medium
CVSS v3
5.4
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.4
Description
Craft CMS XSS Vulnerability
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
64%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | craftcms/cms | <2.6.2982 | 2.6.2982 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| craftcms | craft_cms | {"endIncluding":"2.6.2981"} | |
References
- https://craftcms.com/changelog#2-6-2982
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/142851/Craft-CMS-2.6-Cross-Site-Scripting-File-Upload.html
- https://twitter.com/CraftCMS/status/872599894912937984
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42143/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9516
- https://github.com/craftcms/cms
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42143
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.