CVE-2017-5938

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

1.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 70.5% 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

2017-03-15 14:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:18Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-02-08

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

3b9c287e2574977b21c64f8b354ed1192c395dc90a7c5ee0c7ae5427150d9762

• github.comhttps://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.0.14x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/issues/137x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com96185http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96185vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• github.comhttps://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/commit/9dcfc7daa4c940992920d3b2fbd317da20e44aadx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/releases/tag/1.1.26x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170208 Re: CVE request: XSS in viewvchttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-3784http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3784vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2017:0501http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00082.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE