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CVE-2017-9609

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9609 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blackcat CMS version 1.2, allowing authenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts or HTML through the map_language parameter in backend/pages/lang_settings.php. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4, indicating that an attacker could exploit it remotely with low privileges, requiring user interaction to achieve limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:blackcat-cms:blackcat_cms:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0152 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 15,222 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/143103/Blackcat-CMS-1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / BlackCatDevelopment/BlackCatCMS/issues/373
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / faizzaidi/Blackcat-cms-v1.2-xss-POC-by-Provensec-llc
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory