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CVE-2017-5241

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5241 describes a post-authentication persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Biscom Secure File Transfer versions 5.0.0.0 through 5.1.1024. This medium-severity issue (CVSS 5.4) allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts into the "Name" and "Description" fields of Workspaces, and the "Description" field of File Details, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability. The issue has been resolved in version 5.1.1025.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.1.1015CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:biscom:secure_file_transfer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0088 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 15,225 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

community.rapid7.com / community/infosec/blog/2017/06/27/r7-2017-06-biscom-sftp-xss-cve-2017-5241
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
cve.biscom.com / bis-sft-cv-003
securityfocus.com / bid/99341
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry