CVE-2017-20176
Published: 06 February 2023
Summary
CVE-2017-20176 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Share On Diaspora Project Share On Diaspora. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).
Operationally, ranked at the 48.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2017-11172
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in ciubotaru share-on-diaspora 0.7.9. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file new_window.php. The manipulation of the argument title/url leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. The name of…
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the patch is fb6fae2f8a9b146471450b5b0281046a17d1ac8d. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-220204.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.