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CVE-2017-5241

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-06-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Biscom Secure File Transfer versions 5.0.0.0 trough 5.1.1024 are vulnerable to post-authentication persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) in the "Name" and "Description" fields of a Workspace, as well as the "Description" field of a File Details pane of a file stored in a Workspace. This issue has been resolved in version 5.1.1025.

Affected products

• Biscom Secure File Transfer: through 5.1.1015

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99341
• https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2017/06/27/r7-2017-06-biscom-sftp-xss-cve-2017-5241
• https://cve.biscom.com/bis-sft-cv-003/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99341
• https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2017/06/27/r7-2017-06-biscom-sftp-xss-cve-2017-5241
• https://cve.biscom.com/bis-sft-cv-003/

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