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CVE-2017-16884

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16884 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MistServer versions prior to 2.13, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious web scripts through failed authentication request alerts. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited with low complexity via network access and user interaction, potentially leading to information disclosure and integrity issues. While not on the CISA KEV catalog or Hot List, and with no active exploitation observed, public exploit code (EDB-43205) exists, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mistserver:mistserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-43205 · Dec 1, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0433 is in the 96th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

hyp3rlinx.altervista.org / advisories/MIST-SERVER-v2.12-UNAUTHENTICATED-PERSISTENT-XSS-CVE-2017-16884.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/145182/MistServer-2.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/2
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
news.mistserver.org / news/78/Stable+release+2.13+now+available%21
Release Notes
exploit-db.com / exploits/43205
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry