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CVE-2017-5938

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1 EPSS 1.32% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-03-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.1. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2017-5938
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.1
EPSS
1.32%

Original NVD Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the nav_path function in lib/viewvc.py in ViewVC before 1.0.14 and 1.1.x before 1.1.26 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the nav_data name.