CVE-2017-9140 describes a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Telerik Reporting for ASP.NET WebForms Report Viewer control, specifically affecting versions prior to R1 2017 SP2 (11.0.17.406) of Telerik Reporting and Progress Sitefinity CMS. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the bgColor parameter of Telerik.ReportViewer.axd, requiring user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, a Nuclei template exists for detection, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 11.0.17.406CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:progress:telerik_reporting:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.2, <= 11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:progress:sitefinity_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.