CVE-2017-20059: Elefant CMS Title Persistent cross site scriting

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-06-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-80

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Elefant CMS 1.3.12-RC. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Title Handler. The manipulation with the input </title><img src=no onerror=alert(1)> leads to basic cross site scripting (Persistent). The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 1.3.13 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Affected products

Elefant CMS: 1.3.12-rc

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/36
https://vuldb.com/?id.97256
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/36
https://vuldb.com/?id.97256

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