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CVE-2017-7992

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7992 describes a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Heartland Payment Systems Payment Gateway PHP SDK, specifically version 2.8.17 of hps/heartland-php. This flaw allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts via the URI, as demonstrated by the 'cavv' parameter in examples/consumer-authentication/cruise.php. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 6.1, it requires user interaction and could lead to low confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.8.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:heartland_payment_systems:heartland-php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0069 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 26,208 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

github.com / hps/heartland-php/issues/28
PatchThird Party Advisory