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CVE-2017-15717

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15717 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Sling XSS Protection API versions 1.0.4-1.0.18, 1.1.0, and 2.0.0, where specially crafted URLs can bypass URL validation due to improper escaping and encoding. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.1) requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to information disclosure and integrity compromise (C:L/I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
> 1.0.4, <= 1.0.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:sling_xss_protection_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:sling_xss_protection_api:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:sling_xss_protection_api_compat:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0291 is in the 93rd 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.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.xssFixed in: 2.0.4

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-7mfw-43c4-45mqmedium

Cross-site Scripting in Apache Sling XSS Protection API

May 14, 2022

References

s.apache.org / CVE-2017-15717
Vendor Advisory