CVE-2017-16782
Withdrawn Advisory: Home Assistant Frontend XSS Vulnerability
In Home Assistant before 0.57, it is possible to inject JavaScript code into a persistent notification via crafted Markdown text, aka XSS.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
In Home Assistant before 0.57, it is possible to inject JavaScript code into a persistent notification via crafted Markdown text, aka XSS.
- Record
CVE-2017-16782- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
In Home Assistant before 0.57, it is possible to inject JavaScript code into a persistent notification via crafted Markdown text, aka XSS.
- Record
CVE-2017-16782- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-3076 No score
In Home Assistant before 0.57, it is possible to inject JavaScript code into a persistent notification via crafted Markdown text, aka XSS.
- Record
EUVD-2022-3076- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7wfq-wmx2-3wr4
Withdrawn Advisory: Home Assistant Frontend XSS Vulnerability
Withdrawn Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because we cannot confirm home-assistant-frontend is or was ever published to npm.
Original Description
In Home Assistant before 0.57, it is possible to inject JavaScript code into a persistent notification via crafted Markdown text, aka XSS.
- Record
GHSA-7wfq-wmx2-3wr4- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
In Home Assistant before 0.57, it is possible to inject JavaScript code into a persistent notification via crafted Markdown text, aka XSS.
- Record
CVE-2017-16782- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-7wfq-wmx2-3wr4
Withdrawn Advisory: Home Assistant Frontend XSS Vulnerability
Withdrawn Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because we cannot confirm home-assistant-frontend is or was ever published to npm.
Original Description
In Home Assistant before 0.57, it is possible to inject JavaScript code into a persistent notification via crafted Markdown text, aka XSS.
- Record
GHSA-7wfq-wmx2-3wr4- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-16782 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Home-assistant, published November 10, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.77%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.