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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-5964 · published 12 February 2017

CVE-2017-5964: Openenergymonitor emoncms cross-site scripting vulnerability

Openenergymonitor · Emoncms

An issue was discovered in Emoncms through 9.8.0. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data in multiple HTTP GET parameters passed to the "emoncms-master/Modules/vis/visualisations/compare.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.

6.1 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.92% · top 41.3% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
6.1CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.3
0.92%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Emoncms through 9.8.0. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data in multiple HTTP GET parameters passed to the "emoncms-master/Modules/vis/visualisations/compare.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96202 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/emoncms/emoncms/issues/636 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96202 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/emoncms/emoncms/issues/636 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-5964), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.