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CVE-2017-16015

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16015 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions of the "Forms" library prior to 1.3.0, affecting applications that utilize it without proper HTML sanitization. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure and data integrity issues if a user interacts with a malicious link. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:forms_project:forms:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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
0.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0085 is in the 64th 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: formsFixed in: 1.3.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-vwjj-2852-3765medium

Cross-Site Scripting in forms

Nov 9, 2018

References

github.com / caolan/forms/commit/bc01e534a0ff863dedb2026a50bd03153bbc6a5d
Patch
nodesecurity.io / advisories/158
Third Party Advisory