CVE-2017-6555
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in /admin/moduleinterface.php in CMS Made Simple 2.1.6...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in /admin/moduleinterface.php in CMS Made Simple 2.1.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the m1_description parameter (aka "Design Manager > Categories > Category Description").
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
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in /admin/moduleinterface.php in CMS Made Simple 2.1.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the m1_description parameter (aka "Design Manager > Categories > Category Description").
- Record
CVE-2017-6555- 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
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in /admin/moduleinterface.php in CMS Made Simple 2.1.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the m1_description parameter (aka "Design Manager > Categories > Category Description").
- Record
CVE-2017-6555- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15611 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in /admin/moduleinterface.php in CMS Made Simple 2.1.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the m1_description parameter (aka "Design Manager > Categories > Category Description").
- Record
EUVD-2017-15611- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rpmv-pg44-6v8g
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in /admin/moduleinterface.php in CMS Made Simple 2.1.6...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in /admin/moduleinterface.php in CMS Made Simple 2.1.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the m1_description parameter (aka "Design Manager > Categories > Category Description").
- Record
GHSA-rpmv-pg44-6v8g- 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-2017-6555 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple, published March 9, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.61%, the 49th percentile. No source names a fixed version.