Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Security component of Kohana before 3.3.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by bypassing the strip_image_tags protection mechanism in system/classes/Kohana/Security.php
Published Aug 31, 2017
6.1
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.66%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Security component of Kohana before 3.3.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by bypassing the strip_image_tags protection mechanism in system/classes/Kohana/Security.php.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 3.3.5
Configuration 2
- 7.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.66% (0.01659) | 75.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.66% (0.01659) | 73.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.49% (0.00493) | 63.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.20% (0.00202) | 59.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 17, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00202) | 56.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00218) | 58.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 20, 2023 | 0.21% (0.00213) | 57.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.24% (0.00239) | 60.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (5)
- https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2016-4451 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/kohana/kohana/issues/107 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kohana/kohana/releases/tag/v3.3.6 x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00015.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://www.checkmarx.com/advisories/cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-kohana/ x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2016-4451 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://github.com/kohana/kohana/issues/107 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/kohana/kohana/releases/tag/v3.3.6 | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00015.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.checkmarx.com/advisories/cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-in-kohana/ | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory |
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