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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-5990 · published 15 February 2017

CVE-2017-5990: Phreesoft phreebookserp cross-site scripting vulnerability

Phreesoft · Phreebookserp

An issue was discovered in PhreeBooksERP before 2017-02-13. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data in the "form" HTTP GET parameter passed to the "PhreeBooksERP-master/extensions/ShippingMethods/ups/label_mgr/js_include.php" and "PhreeBooksERP-master/extensions/ShippingMethods/yrc/label_mgr/js_include.php" URLs. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website. NOTE: these js_include.php files do not exist in the SourceForge "stable release" (aka R37RC1).

6.1 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 1.0% · top 38.2% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
6.1CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.3
1.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in PhreeBooksERP before 2017-02-13. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data in the "form" HTTP GET parameter passed to the "PhreeBooksERP-master/extensions/ShippingMethods/ups/label_mgr/js_include.php" and "PhreeBooksERP-master/extensions/ShippingMethods/yrc/label_mgr/js_include.php" URLs. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website. NOTE: these js_include.php files do not exist in the SourceForge "stable release" (aka R37RC1).

CVSS:3.0/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/96219 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/phreebooks/PhreeBooksERP/commit/f2a32dede7cc7f9ff59fe983c5e4abe2966d837c Patch
https://github.com/phreebooks/PhreeBooksERP/issues/230 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96219 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/phreebooks/PhreeBooksERP/commit/f2a32dede7cc7f9ff59fe983c5e4abe2966d837c Patch
https://github.com/phreebooks/PhreeBooksERP/issues/230 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-5990), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.