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CVE-2017-1000188

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-1000188 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ejs versions older than 2.5.5, specifically within the ejs.renderFile() function, which can lead to code injection. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) requires user interaction and a network attack vector, potentially resulting in limited impact to confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ejs:ejs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0123 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ejsFixed in: 2.5.5

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-hwcf-pp87-7x6pmedium

mde ejs vulnerable to XSS

Nov 30, 2017
redhatCVE-2017-1000188Moderate

nodejs-ejs: Cross-site scripting via ejs.renderFile()

Dec 6, 2016

References

github.com / mde/ejs/commit/49264e0037e313a0a3e033450b5c184112516d8f
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/101889
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry