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CVE-2017-11516

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11516 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Yii Framework version 2.0.12, specifically within the exception handling screen when debug mode is active. This flaw arises from improper handling of the $exception->errorInfo variable. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to low impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L/I:L), as an attacker could inject malicious scripts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:yiiframework:yii:2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0083 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 26,236 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 (3)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: yiisoft/yii2-devFixed in: 2.0.13
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: yiisoft/yii2Fixed in: 2.0.13
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-4c64-w8fg-xcq2medium

Yii Cross-site Scripting Framework vulnerability

May 17, 2022

References

github.com / yiisoft/yii2/pull/14492
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / yiisoft/yii2/pull/14492/files/feb4067de8a58f391a66e395192b0d83a8109b95
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory