AEGLIX vulnerability intelligence
CVE-2017-20290
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1 · Deferred
Published: 2026-10-22 · Updated: 2026-10-22 · Source: NVD
Stored catalog record
Source record retrieved 2026-10-28T10:20:32.590650+00:00. Scheduled imports handle updates; this page does not assert that the provider was queried just now.
Vulnerability overview
Discourse 1.9.0.beta2 before 1.9.0.beta13 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject scripts through the email parameter of /email/unsubscribed. Attackers can craft GET requests with SVG onload payloads, which unsubscribed.html.erb renders unescaped via html_safe, executing JavaScript in victims' browsers. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.
Patch review priority
Assess exposure and vendor guidance
- No higher-priority signal is available in the current stored evidence.
FIRST EPSS: 0.27% · percentile 18.3 · score date 2026-10-27.
EPSS estimates probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It does not measure your exposure or prove exploitation. The elevated threshold is 10%; CISA KEV takes precedence. About FIRST EPSS ↗
Severity and scoring
- CVSS score
- 5.1 · MEDIUM
- CVSS version
- 4.0
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
CVSS measures technical severity; it does not establish whether this vulnerability is being exploited in your environment.
Known exploitation and remediation
Not listed in the CISA catalog retrieved for this record. This does not establish that exploitation has not occurred.
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Affected products and versions
NVD has not supplied affected-version configurations for this record. Check the vendor references below.
Advisories and references
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6e37f09b19
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/a6f2533d38
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/other/discourse-xss.yaml
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/discourse-1.9.0-beta13-reflected-xss-via-email-unsubscribed