CVE-2017-7944
XOOPS Core 2.5.8.1 has XSS due to unescaped HTML output of an Install DB failure error message in...
XOOPS Core 2.5.8.1 has XSS due to unescaped HTML output of an Install DB failure error message in page_dbsettings.php.
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
XOOPS Core 2.5.8.1 has XSS due to unescaped HTML output of an Install DB failure error message in page_dbsettings.php.
- Record
CVE-2017-7944- 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
XOOPS Core 2.5.8.1 has XSS due to unescaped HTML output of an Install DB failure error message in page_dbsettings.php.
- Record
CVE-2017-7944- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-16915 No score
XOOPS Core 2.5.8.1 has XSS due to unescaped HTML output of an Install DB failure error message in page_dbsettings.php.
- Record
EUVD-2017-16915- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-ph5h-px37-vw7w
XOOPS Core 2.5.8.1 has XSS due to unescaped HTML output of an Install DB failure error message in...
XOOPS Core 2.5.8.1 has XSS due to unescaped HTML output of an Install DB failure error message in page_dbsettings.php.
- Record
GHSA-ph5h-px37-vw7w- 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
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-2017-7944 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Xoops, published April 24, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.76%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
