CVE-2017-16230 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In admin/write-post.php in Typecho through 1.1, one can log in to the background page, write a new article, and add payload in the article content, resulting in XSS via index.php/action/contents-post-edit.

Published: 2017-10-30

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:typecho:typecho:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-7427	In admin/write-post.php in Typecho through 1.1, one can log in to the background page, write a new article, and add payload in the article content, resulting in XSS via index.php/action/contents-post-edit.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00513.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/SQYY/CVE/blob/master/Typecho.txt

History

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Subscriptions

Typecho Typecho

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-30T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:20:04.847Z

Reserved: 2017-10-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16230

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-30T19:29:00.450

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:09:01.033

Link: CVE-2017-16230

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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

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