CVE-2017-1000431
eZ Publish Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
eZ Systems eZ Publish version 5.4.0 to 5.4.9, and 5.3.12 and older, is vulnerable to an XSS issue in the search module, resulting in a risk of attackers injecting scripts which may e.g. steal authentication credentials.
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
eZ Systems eZ Publish version 5.4.0 to 5.4.9, and 5.3.12 and older, is vulnerable to an XSS issue in the search module, resulting in a risk of attackers injecting scripts which may e.g. steal authentication credentials.
- Record
CVE-2017-1000431- 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
eZ Systems eZ Publish version 5.4.0 to 5.4.9, and 5.3.12 and older, is vulnerable to an XSS issue in the search module, resulting in a risk of attackers injecting scripts which may e.g. steal authentication credentials.
- Record
CVE-2017-1000431- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-4533 No score
eZ Systems eZ Publish version 5.4.0 to 5.4.9, and 5.3.12 and older, is vulnerable to an XSS issue in the search module, resulting in a risk of attackers injecting scripts which may e.g. steal authentication credentials.
- Record
EUVD-2022-4533- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m98q-p5gq-q5ff
eZ Publish Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
eZ Systems eZ Publish version 5.4.0 to 5.4.9, and 5.3.12.0 and older, is vulnerable to an XSS issue in the search module, resulting in a risk of attackers injecting scripts which may e.g. steal authentication credentials.
- Record
GHSA-m98q-p5gq-q5ff- 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
OSVGHSA-m98q-p5gq-q5ff
eZ Publish Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
eZ Systems eZ Publish version 5.4.0 to 5.4.9, and 5.3.12.0 and older, is vulnerable to an XSS issue in the search module, resulting in a risk of attackers injecting scripts which may e.g. steal authentication credentials.
- Record
GHSA-m98q-p5gq-q5ff- 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
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
ezsystems/ezpublish-legacyPackagist |
5.4.0 up to 5.4.10 | 5.4.10 |
ezsystems/ezpublish-legacyPackagist |
5.3.0 up to 5.3.12.1 | 5.3.12.1 |
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-2017-1000431 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Ez Publish, published January 2, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.68%, the 52nd percentile. Fixed in ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy 5.4.10.
References
share.ez.no/community-project/security-advisories/ezsa-2017-005-xss-issue-in-search
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000431
github.com/ezsystems/ezpublish-legacy/commit/c7174295fa0b9bd81bd4af908082464b0b80f278
web.archive.org/web/20210408035246/http://share.ez.no/community-project/security-advisories/ezsa-2017-005-xss-issue-in-search