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CVE-2017-14735

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14735 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OWASP AntiSamy versions prior to 1.5.7, specifically allowing attackers to bypass sanitization by using HTML5 entities like : to construct malicious javascript: URLs. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 6.1 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited over a network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received negligible community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.5.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:antisamy_project:antisamy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0166 is in the 86th 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 (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.owasp.antisamy:antisamyFixed in: 1.5.7

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-q44v-xc3g-v7jqmedium

OWASP AntiSamy Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Oct 18, 2018

References

github.com / nahsra/antisamy/issues/10
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
oracle.com / /security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
securityfocus.com / bid/105656