CVE-2017-6478 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

paintballrefjosh/MaNGOSWebV4 before 4.0.8 is vulnerable to a reflected XSS in install/index.php (step parameter).

Published: 2017-03-05

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 2.6% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mangoswebv4_project:mangoswebv4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-15535	paintballrefjosh/MaNGOSWebV4 before 4.0.8 is vulnerable to a reflected XSS in install/index.php (step parameter).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02553.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96584
https://github.com/MarkLee131/awesome-web-pocs/blob/main/CVE-2017-6478.md
https://github.com/paintballrefjosh/MaNGOSWebV4/issues/15
https://github.com/paintballrefjosh/MaNGOSWebV4/releases/tag/4.0.8

History

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://github.com/MarkLee131/awesome-web-pocs/blob/main/CVE-2017-6478.md

Subscriptions

Mangoswebv4 Project Mangoswebv4

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-05T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-02-13T16:21:36.773Z

Reserved: 2017-03-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6478

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-05T20:59:00.213

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:22:25.090

Link: CVE-2017-6478

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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