CVE-2017-12971

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-08-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache2Triad 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the account parameter to phpsftpd/users.php.

Affected products

Apache2Triad: 1.5.4

References

http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/APACHE2TRIAD-SERVER-STACK-v1.5.4-MULTIPLE-CVE.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143863/Apache2Triad-1.5.4-CSRF-XSS-Session-Fixation.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100447
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42520/
http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/APACHE2TRIAD-SERVER-STACK-v1.5.4-MULTIPLE-CVE.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143863/Apache2Triad-1.5.4-CSRF-XSS-Session-Fixation.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100447
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42520/

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