CVE-2017-9621 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in modules/Base/Lang/Administrator/upda

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in modules/Base/Lang/Administrator/update_translation.php in EPESI in Telaxus/EPESI 1.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) original or (2) new parameter.

01What is this vulnerability?

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in modules/Base/Lang/Administrator/update_translation.php in EPESI in Telaxus/EPESI 1.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) original or (2) new parameter.

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: 2017-06-14T21:29:00.300
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/Telaxus/EPESI/commit/3cd666558c89d9c4b27eb74bf6b8e81b4f6e7118
• github.com — https://github.com/Telaxus/EPESI/issues/185
• github.com — https://github.com/Telaxus/EPESI/commit/3cd666558c89d9c4b27eb74bf6b8e81b4f6e7118
• github.com — https://github.com/Telaxus/EPESI/issues/185