CVE-2017-9252
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedandrzuk/FineCMS through 2017-05-28 is vulnerable to a reflected XSS in the search page via the text-search parameter to index.php in a route=search action.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceFineCMS contains a reflected XSS vulnerability in the search functionality where the text-search parameter in index.php (route=search) is not properly sanitized or encoded before being reflected in the response, allowing injection of malicious JavaScript.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify FineCMS installationLocate index.php in the web root directory and check for FineCMS-specific files and directories (such as 'upload', 'statics', 'application', 'system' folders). Verify the presence of FineCMS default file structure.Affected if FineCMS is installed on the server and accessible via web requests.
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Confirm search functionality is enabledAccess the search page by sending a request to index.php?route=search (e.g., GET /index.php?route=search). Verify the page loads and contains a search input field.Affected if The search route (route=search) is accessible and returns a search form.
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Locate the text-search parameterInspect the search form HTML to identify the parameter name used for the search input field. Look for an input element with name='text-search' or similar in the form action pointing to index.php.Affected if The search form uses a parameter (such as 'text-search') to submit search queries to index.php.
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Test for reflected XSS vulnerabilitySend a crafted request with a test XSS payload in the text-search parameter (e.g., index.php?route=search&text-search=<script>alert(1)</script>) and examine the HTTP response to see if the payload is reflected without encoding or sanitization.Affected if The text-search parameter value is reflected in the response body without proper HTML encoding (e.g., <script> tags execute or appear unescaped in the page source).
If FineCMS is installed with the search functionality accessible and the text-search parameter reflects unsanitized input in the response, the system is affected by CVE-2017-9252.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement input validation and proper output encoding/escaping for the text-search parameter. Additionally, set appropriate Content-Type headers and consider implementing a Content Security Policy (CSP).
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