CVE-2017-20055

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 55.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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

2022-06-16 12:20Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-15 14:24Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-06-13

Assigning CNA

VulDB

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Low (CVSS 3.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-80Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)Variant
• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c7bfef2a5d3171e4842681f13920fbafe2a7718e3783a29fc1b23e03801d8ba5

• seclists.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/100x_refsource_MISC
• sumofpwn.nlhttps://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/stored_cross_site_scripting_vulnerability_in_contact_form_wordpress_plugin.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?id.97389x_refsource_MISC