{"id":"CVE-2017-16962","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-16962","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:08:40.277Z","title":"The WebMail components (Crystal, pronto, and pronto4) in CommuniGate Pro before 6.2.1 have stored XSS vulnerabilities via (1) the location or details field of a Google Calendar invitation, (2) a crafted Outlook.com calendar (aka Hotmail Calendar)…","description":"The WebMail components (Crystal, pronto, and pronto4) in CommuniGate Pro before 6.2.1 have stored XSS vulnerabilities via (1) the location or details field of a Google Calendar invitation, (2) a crafted Outlook.com calendar (aka Hotmail Calendar) invitation, (3) e-mail granting access to a directory that has JavaScript in its name, (4) JavaScript in a note name, (5) JavaScript in a task name, or (6) HTML e-mail that is mishandled in the Inbox component.","published":"2017-11-27T10:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:10:13.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["communigate/communigate pro"],"epss":{"score":0.02186,"percentile":0.82304,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-11-15","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":43177,"kind":"exploit","title":"CommuniGatePro 6.1.16 - Cross-Site Scripting","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43177","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/43177.txt","file":"exploits/multiple/webapps/43177.txt","published":"2017-11-15","added":"2017-11-24","updated":"2017-11-27","author":"Boumediene KADDOUR","type":"webapps","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-16962"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145095/communigatepro-xss.txt","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43177/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145095/communigatepro-xss.txt","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43177/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16962","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}