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CVE-2017-9516

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9516 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Craft CMS versions prior to 2.6.2982, specifically allowing an attacker to upload a malicious SVG file. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4, indicating it can be exploited over a network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction to achieve partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. While not known to be actively exploited in the wild (not in KEV), an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.2981CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:craftcms:craft_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-42143 · Jun 8, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0280 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 15,225 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)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: craftcms/cmsFixed in: 2.6.2982

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-6pvw-hh48-jx7pmedium

Craft CMS XSS Vulnerability

May 17, 2022

References

craftcms.com / changelog
Release NotesVendor Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/142851/Craft-CMS-2.6-Cross-Site-Scripting-File-Upload.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
twitter.com / CraftCMS/status/872599894912937984
Press/Media CoverageThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/42143