CVE-2017-6392 — An issue was discovered in Kaltura server Lynx-12

An issue was discovered in Kaltura server Lynx-12.11.0. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data passed to the "server-Lynx-12.11.0/admin_console/web/tools/XmlJWPlayer.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script cod

01What is this vulnerability?

An issue was discovered in Kaltura server Lynx-12.11.0. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data passed to the "server-Lynx-12.11.0/admin_console/web/tools/XmlJWPlayer.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-03-02T06:59:00.370
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96534
• github.com — https://github.com/kaltura/server/commit/041a6d5e8336f7713985b120139c8f4b6279a33…
• github.com — https://github.com/kaltura/server/issues/5303
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96534
• github.com — https://github.com/kaltura/server/commit/041a6d5e8336f7713985b120139c8f4b6279a33…
• github.com — https://github.com/kaltura/server/issues/5303