CVE-2017-9609
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blackcat CMS 1.2 allows remote authenticated users to...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blackcat CMS 1.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the map_language parameter to backend/pages/lang_settings.php.
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 Blackcat CMS 1.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the map_language parameter to backend/pages/lang_settings.php.
- Record
CVE-2017-9609- 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 Blackcat CMS 1.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the map_language parameter to backend/pages/lang_settings.php.
- Record
CVE-2017-9609- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-18540 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blackcat CMS 1.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the map_language parameter to backend/pages/lang_settings.php.
- Record
EUVD-2017-18540- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-939c-m67r-x459
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blackcat CMS 1.2 allows remote authenticated users to...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blackcat CMS 1.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the map_language parameter to backend/pages/lang_settings.php.
- Record
GHSA-939c-m67r-x459- 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
OSV
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blackcat CMS 1.2 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the map_language parameter to backend/pages/lang_settings.php.
- Record
CVE-2017-9609- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | faizzaidi/Blackcat-cms-v1.2-xss-POC-by-Provensec-llc | 2017-06-21 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-9609 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Blackcat-cms Blackcat Cms, published July 17, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.52%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.