CVE-2017-16884 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MistServer before 2.13 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to failed authentication requests alerts.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.08044.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mistserver	Mistserver

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mistserver:mistserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MIST-SERVER-v2.12-UNAUTHENTICATED-PERSISTENT-XSS-CVE-2017-16884.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145182/MistServer-2.12-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/2
https://news.mistserver.org/news/78/Stable+release+2.13+now+available%21
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43205/

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.06923}`	epss `{'score': 0.08044}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-12-06T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:35:21.321Z

Reserved: 2017-11-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-16884

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-12-07T02:29:13.350

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-16884

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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