CVE-2017-9668
In admin\addgroup.php in CMS Made Simple 2.1.6, when adding a user group, there is no XSS...
In admin\addgroup.php in CMS Made Simple 2.1.6, when adding a user group, there is no XSS filtering, resulting in storage-type XSS generation, via the description parameter in an addgroup action.
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
In admin\addgroup.php in CMS Made Simple 2.1.6, when adding a user group, there is no XSS filtering, resulting in storage-type XSS generation, via the description parameter in an addgroup action.
- Record
CVE-2017-9668- 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
In admin\addgroup.php in CMS Made Simple 2.1.6, when adding a user group, there is no XSS filtering, resulting in storage-type XSS generation, via the description parameter in an addgroup action.
- Record
CVE-2017-9668- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-18599 No score
In admin\addgroup.php in CMS Made Simple 2.1.6, when adding a user group, there is no XSS filtering, resulting in storage-type XSS generation, via the description parameter in an addgroup action.
- Record
EUVD-2017-18599- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hmjc-g9f9-q7gj
In admin\addgroup.php in CMS Made Simple 2.1.6, when adding a user group, there is no XSS...
In admin\addgroup.php in CMS Made Simple 2.1.6, when adding a user group, there is no XSS filtering, resulting in storage-type XSS generation, via the description parameter in an addgroup action.
- Record
GHSA-hmjc-g9f9-q7gj- 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-2017-9668 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple, published June 18, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.60%, the 48th percentile. No source names a fixed version.