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CVE-2017-1000431

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-1000431 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the search module of eZ Systems eZ Publish versions 5.4.0 through 5.4.9, and 5.3.12 and older. This allows attackers to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to the theft of authentication credentials. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in low confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.4.0, <= 5.4.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 5.3.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ez:ez_publish:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0068 is in the 53rd 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)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ezsystems/ezpublish-legacyFixed in: 5.4.10
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ezsystems/ezpublish-legacyFixed in: 5.3.12.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-m98q-p5gq-q5ffmedium

eZ Publish Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

May 14, 2022

References

share.ez.no / community-project/security-advisories/ezsa-2017-005-xss-issue-in-search
PatchVendor Advisory