{"id":"CVE-2017-5673","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-5673","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:16:04.469Z","title":"In the Kunena extension 5.0.2 through 5.0.4 for Joomla!, the forum message subject (aka topic subject) accepts JavaScript, leading to XSS.","description":"In the Kunena extension 5.0.2 through 5.0.4 for Joomla!, the forum message subject (aka topic subject) accepts JavaScript, leading to XSS. Six files are affected: crypsis/layouts/message/item/default.php, crypsis/layouts/message/item/top/default.php, crypsis/layouts/message/item/bottom/default.php, crypsisb3/layouts/message/item/default.php, crypsisb3/layouts/message/item/top/default.php, and crypsisb3/layouts/message/item/bottom/default.php. This is fixed in 5.0.5.","published":"2017-03-22T17:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:21:01.000Z","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":["kunena/kunena"],"epss":{"score":0.00693,"percentile":0.527,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.fox.ra.it/technical-articles/kunena-vulnerability-2017-01.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101677","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.fox.ra.it/technical-articles/kunena-vulnerability-2017-01.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101677","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5673","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."}