CVE-2017-6905
An issue was discovered in concrete5 <= 5.6.3.4. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient...
An issue was discovered in concrete5 <= 5.6.3.4. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data (disable_choose) passed to the "concrete5-legacy-master/web/concrete/tools/files/search_dialog.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 concrete5 <= 5.6.3.4. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data (disable_choose) passed to the "concrete5-legacy-master/web/concrete/tools/files/search_dialog.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.
- Record
CVE-2017-6905- 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 concrete5 <= 5.6.3.4. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data (disable_choose) passed to the "concrete5-legacy-master/web/concrete/tools/files/search_dialog.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.
- Record
CVE-2017-6905- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15959 No score
An issue was discovered in concrete5 <= 5.6.3.4. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data (disable_choose) passed to the "concrete5-legacy-master/web/concrete/tools/files/search_dialog.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.
- Record
EUVD-2017-15959- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5v8q-gjmf-rmm4
An issue was discovered in concrete5 <= 5.6.3.4. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient...
An issue was discovered in concrete5 <= 5.6.3.4. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data (disable_choose) passed to the "concrete5-legacy-master/web/concrete/tools/files/search_dialog.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.
- Record
GHSA-5v8q-gjmf-rmm4- 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 concrete5 <= 5.6.3.4. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data (disable_choose) passed to the "concrete5-legacy-master/web/concrete/tools/files/search_dialog.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.
- Record
CVE-2017-6905- 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-2017-6905 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Concrete5, published March 15, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.99%, the 62nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/concrete5/concrete5-legacy/issues/1947
securityfocus.com/bid/96891
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6905