CVE-2017-9140
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Telerik.ReportViewer.WebForms.dll in Telerik Reporting for ASP.NET WebForms Report Viewer control before R1 2017 SP2 (11.0.17.406) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the bgColor…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (9.72%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Telerik.ReportViewer.WebForms.dll in Telerik Reporting for ASP.NET WebForms Report Viewer control before R1 2017 SP2 (11.0.17.406) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the bgColor parameter to Telerik.ReportViewer.axd.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 9.72% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- progress/telerik reporting · progress/sitefinity cms
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 12.0% on 21 September 2026 to 9.7% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://www.telerik.com/support/whats-new/reporting/release-history/telerik-reporting-r1-2017-sp2-%28version-11-0-17-406%29
- https://knowledgebase.progress.com/articles/Article/Security-Advisory-for-Resolving-Security-vulnerabilities-September-2018Third Party Advisory
- https://www.veracode.com/blog/research/anatomy-cross-site-scripting-flaw-telerik-reporting-moduleThird Party Advisory
- http://www.telerik.com/support/whats-new/reporting/release-history/telerik-reporting-r1-2017-sp2-%28version-11-0-17-406%29
- https://knowledgebase.progress.com/articles/Article/Security-Advisory-for-Resolving-Security-vulnerabilities-September-2018Third Party Advisory
- https://www.veracode.com/blog/research/anatomy-cross-site-scripting-flaw-telerik-reporting-moduleThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.