CVE-2017-16884

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

4.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 90.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-12-06 16:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 20:35Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-11-19

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

24502410f730859c07025f7cee46b41a20ae07466666ca5aa923dc522f76149a

• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145182/MistServer-2.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• seclists.org20171201 Mist Server v2.12 Unauthenticated Persistent XSS CVE-2017-16884http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/2mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• hyp3rlinx.altervista.orghttp://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MIST-SERVER-v2.12-UNAUTHENTICATED-PERSISTENT-XSS-CVE-2017-16884.txtx_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com43205https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43205/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• news.mistserver.orghttps://news.mistserver.org/news/78/Stable+release+2.13+now+available%21x_refsource_CONFIRM