{"cve":"CVE-2017-9781","nvd":{"published":"2017-06-21T18:29:00.387","modified":"2026-06-17T01:28:53.517","status":"Modified","description":"A cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Check_MK versions 1.4.0x prior to 1.4.0p6, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary HTML or JavaScript via the _username parameter when attempting authentication to webapi.py, which is returned unencoded with content type text/html.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","score":6.1},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"references":["http://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=.werks/4757%3Bhb=c248f0b6ff7b15ced9f07a3df8a80fad656ea5b1","https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-21","http://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=.werks/4757%3Bhb=c248f0b6ff7b15ced9f07a3df8a80fad656ea5b1","https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-21"],"products":["check_mk_project:check_mk"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:43:44.556243339+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-9781","score":0.01446,"percentile":0.73314,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}