CVE-2017-6391
An issue was discovered in Kaltura server Lynx-12.11.0. The vulnerability exists due to...
An issue was discovered in Kaltura server Lynx-12.11.0. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data passed to the "admin_console/web/tools/SimpleJWPlayer.php" URL, the "admin_console/web/tools/AkamaiBroadcaster.php" URL, the "admin_console/web/tools/bigRedButton.php" URL, and the "admin_console/web/tools/bigRedButtonPtsPoc.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.
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
An issue was discovered in Kaltura server Lynx-12.11.0. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data passed to the "admin_console/web/tools/SimpleJWPlayer.php" URL, the "admin_console/web/tools/AkamaiBroadcaster.php" URL, the "admin_console/web/tools/bigRedButton.php" URL, and the "admin_console/web/tools/bigRedButtonPtsPoc.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.
- Record
CVE-2017-6391- 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
An issue was discovered in Kaltura server Lynx-12.11.0. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data passed to the "admin_console/web/tools/SimpleJWPlayer.php" URL, the "admin_console/web/tools/AkamaiBroadcaster.php" URL, the "admin_console/web/tools/bigRedButton.php" URL, and the "admin_console/web/tools/bigRedButtonPtsPoc.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.
- Record
CVE-2017-6391- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15448 No score
An issue was discovered in Kaltura server Lynx-12.11.0. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data passed to the "admin_console/web/tools/SimpleJWPlayer.php" URL, the "admin_console/web/tools/AkamaiBroadcaster.php" URL, the "admin_console/web/tools/bigRedButton.php" URL, and the "admin_console/web/tools/bigRedButtonPtsPoc.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.
- Record
EUVD-2017-15448- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c8mq-pr2r-3gfv
An issue was discovered in Kaltura server Lynx-12.11.0. The vulnerability exists due to...
An issue was discovered in Kaltura server Lynx-12.11.0. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data passed to the "admin_console/web/tools/SimpleJWPlayer.php" URL, the "admin_console/web/tools/AkamaiBroadcaster.php" URL, the "admin_console/web/tools/bigRedButton.php" URL, and the "admin_console/web/tools/bigRedButtonPtsPoc.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.
- Record
GHSA-c8mq-pr2r-3gfv- 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
An issue was discovered in Kaltura server Lynx-12.11.0. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data passed to the "admin_console/web/tools/SimpleJWPlayer.php" URL, the "admin_console/web/tools/AkamaiBroadcaster.php" URL, the "admin_console/web/tools/bigRedButton.php" URL, and the "admin_console/web/tools/bigRedButtonPtsPoc.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.
- Record
CVE-2017-6391- 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
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 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-2017-6391 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Kaltura Server, published March 2, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.85%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.