HIGH
Opencast 2.3.2 and older versions are vulnerable to script injections through media and metadata in the player and media module resulting in arbitrary code execution, fixed in 2.3.3 and 3.0
Published Nov 17, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.88%
Description
Opencast 2.3.2 and older versions are vulnerable to script injections through media and metadata in the player and media module resulting in arbitrary code execution, fixed in 2.3.3 and 3.0.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
8.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.88% 0.01878
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01878
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.88% (0.01878) | 78.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.88% (0.01878) | 76.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00261) | 66.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 0.26% (0.00261) | 65.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00280) | 67.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00249) | 63.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.31% (0.00307) | 66.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.33% (0.00329) | 66.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.60% (0.01599) | 75.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Dec 17, 2022 | 1.60% (0.01599) | 74.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 13, 2022 | 1.30% (0.01298) | 67.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Aug 14, 2022 | 1.19% (0.01190) | 60.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.09% (0.01086) | 49.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.09% (0.01086) | 28.42th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.73% (0.00731) | 20.40th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.73% (0.00731) | 19.82th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.73% (0.00731) | 49.19th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.73% (0.00731) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (6)
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qwfv-5jwj-582h Advisory
- https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/2d42e42f3cfcff3a775a2538f735fca8542ce1fc
- https://github.com/opencast/opencast/commit/fba2f35df24ce2aeaff627200065cbade9b3a0cd
- https://groups.google.com/a/opencast.org/forum/#!topic/security-notices/sCpt0pIPEFg
- https://groups.google.com/a/opencast.org/forum/#%21topic/security-notices/sCpt0pIPEFg x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000217
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 17, 2017
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved Nov 17, 2017
Link CVE-2017-1000217
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-QWFV-5JWJ-582H Updated n/a