Medium severity · published Jul 21, 2017
CVE-2017-11516
An XSS vulnerability exists in framework/views/errorHandler/exception.php in Yii Framework 2.0.12 affecting the exception screen when debug mode is enabled, because…
6.1
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An XSS vulnerability exists in framework/views/errorHandler/exception.php in Yii Framework 2.0.12 affecting the exception screen when debug mode is enabled, because $exception->errorInfo is mishandled.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
YI
Yii · Yiiframework
2.0.12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11516
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11516
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/pull/14492
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/pull/14492/files/feb4067de8a58f391a66e395192b0d83a8109b95
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