CVE-2017-8839

Exp

XSS via orig_url exists on Peplink Balance 305, 380, 580, 710, 1350, and 2500 devices with firmware before fw-b305hw2_380hw6_580hw2_710hw3_1350hw2_2500-7.0.1-build2093. The affected script is guest/preview.cgi.

Published: 2017-06-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-8839 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.76%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2017-8839

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
42130 exploit_db edb 2017-06-06 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-8839

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.05% 1.76% -0.29%
2 2025-11-21 2.43% 2.05% -0.38%
3 2025-11-18 — 2.43% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-8839

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-8839

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-8839

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
peplink b305hw2_firmware 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:peplink:b305hw2_firmware:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
peplink 380hw6_firmware 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:peplink:380hw6_firmware:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
peplink 580hw2_firmware 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:peplink:580hw2_firmware:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
peplink 710hw3_firmware 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:peplink:710hw3_firmware:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
peplink 1350hw2_firmware 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:peplink:1350hw2_firmware:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
peplink 2500_firmware 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:peplink:2500_firmware:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-8839

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