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CVE-2017-6215

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6215 describes a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the paypal/permissions-sdk-php's samples/GetAccessToken.php file, specifically within the verification_code parameter. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) allows for code execution, requiring user interaction and low privileges, with potential impacts on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:paypal:php_permissions_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0080 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 15,224 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-2qfv-wwfx-fh34medium

paypal/permissions-sdk-php reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

May 14, 2022

References

github.com / paypal/permissions-sdk-php/issues/19
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory