CVE-2017-6547 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in httpd on ASUS RT-N56U, RT-N66U, RT-AC66U, RT-N66R, RT-AC66R, RT-AC68U, RT-AC68R, RT-N66W, RT-AC66W, RT-AC87R, RT-AC87U, RT-AC51U, RT-AC68P, RT-N11P, RT-N12+, RT-N12E B1, RT-AC3200, RT-AC53U, RT-AC1750, RT-AC1900P, RT-N300, and RT-AC750 routers with firmware before 3.0.0.4.380.7378; RT-AC68W routers with firmware before 3.0.0.4.380.7266; and RT-N600, RT-N12+ B1, RT-N11P B1, RT-N12VP B1, RT-N12E C1, RT-N300 B1, and RT-N12+ Pro routers with firmware before 3.0.0.4.380.9488 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript by requesting filenames longer than 50 characters

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in httpd on ASUS RT-N56U, RT-N66U, RT-AC66U, RT-N66R, RT-AC66R, RT-AC68U, RT-AC68R, RT-N66W, RT-AC66W, RT-AC87R, RT-AC87U, RT-AC51U, RT-AC68P, RT-N11P, RT-N12+, RT-N12E B1, RT-AC3200, RT-AC53U, RT-AC1750, RT-AC1900P, RT-N300, and RT-AC750 routers with firmware before 3.0.0.4.380.7378; RT-AC68W routers with firmware before 3.0.0.4.380.7266; and RT-N600, RT-N12+ B1, RT-N11P B1, RT-N12VP B1, RT-N12E C1, RT-N300 B1, and RT-N12+ Pro routers with firmware before 3.0.0.4.380.9488 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript by requesting filenames longer than 50 characters

Published Mar 9, 2017

6.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.70%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in httpd on ASUS RT-N56U, RT-N66U, RT-AC66U, RT-N66R, RT-AC66R, RT-AC68U, RT-AC68R, RT-N66W, RT-AC66W, RT-AC87R, RT-AC87U, RT-AC51U, RT-AC68P, RT-N11P, RT-N12+, RT-N12E B1, RT-AC3200, RT-AC53U, RT-AC1750, RT-AC1900P, RT-N300, and RT-AC750 routers with firmware before 3.0.0.4.380.7378; RT-AC68W routers with firmware before 3.0.0.4.380.7266; and RT-N600, RT-N12+ B1, RT-N11P B1, RT-N12VP B1, RT-N12E C1, RT-N300 B1, and RT-N12+ Pro routers with firmware before 3.0.0.4.380.9488 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript by requesting filenames longer than 50 characters.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.70% 0.01701

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01701

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.70% (0.01701)	76.38th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.70% (0.01701)	74.15th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.37% (0.01368)	78.90th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.34% (0.00345)	72.48th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.82% (0.00822)	81.32th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.82% (0.00822)	79.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.17% (0.02173)	80.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.17% (0.02173)	79.06th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.17% (0.02173)	57.83th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	4.53% (0.04526)	76.76th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	4.53% (0.04526)	76.54th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	4.53% (0.04526)	84.50th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	4.53% (0.04526)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96938
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bierbaumer.net/security/asuswrt/#cross-site-scripting-xss
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41571/
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96938		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bierbaumer.net/security/asuswrt/#cross-site-scripting-xss		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41571/		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 9, 2017

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Mar 8, 2017

Link CVE-2017-6547

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-6547

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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