CVE-2017-17904
FS Lynda Clone has XSS via the keywords parameter to tutorial/ or the edit_profile_first_name...
FS Lynda Clone has XSS via the keywords parameter to tutorial/ or the edit_profile_first_name parameter to user/edit_profile.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.4
FS Lynda Clone has XSS via the keywords parameter to tutorial/ or the edit_profile_first_name parameter to user/edit_profile.
- Record
CVE-2017-17904- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
FS Lynda Clone has XSS via the keywords parameter to tutorial/ or the edit_profile_first_name parameter to user/edit_profile.
- Record
CVE-2017-17904- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9047 No score
FS Lynda Clone has XSS via the keywords parameter to tutorial/ or the edit_profile_first_name parameter to user/edit_profile.
- Record
EUVD-2017-9047- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r86v-9f8q-7hgr
5.4
FS Lynda Clone has XSS via the keywords parameter to tutorial/ or the edit_profile_first_name...
FS Lynda Clone has XSS via the keywords parameter to tutorial/ or the edit_profile_first_name parameter to user/edit_profile.
- Record
GHSA-r86v-9f8q-7hgr- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-17904 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Fortunescripts Lynda Clone, published December 25, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.49%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.