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CVE-2017-5938

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5938 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting ViewVC versions prior to 1.0.14 and 1.1.26, as well as specific Debian and openSUSE distributions. An unauthenticated attacker can inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the nav_data name in the nav_path function, requiring user interaction to exploit. While the CVSS score is 6.1, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.1.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:viewvc:viewvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0132 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 26,209 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)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00082.html
Third Party Advisory
github.com / viewvc/viewvc/commit/9dcfc7daa4c940992920d3b2fbd317da20e44aad
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / viewvc/viewvc/issues/137
github.com / viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.0.14
github.com / viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.26
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3784
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/6
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96185
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry