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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-5542

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in template/usererror.missing_extension.php in Symphony CMS before 2.6.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the existing-folder parameter.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:56 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-5542

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Jan 2017, 08:59 UTC

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in template/usererror.missing_extension.php in Symphony CMS before 2.6.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the existing-folder parameter.

osv:CVE-2017-5542
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5542",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in template/usererror.missing_extension.php in Symphony CMS before 2.6.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the existing-folder parameter.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-5542",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:02.368379003Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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        "https://github.com/symphonycms/symphony-2/releases/tag/2.6.10"
      ],
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380430,
  "published_at": "2017-01-20T08:59:00.517+00:00"
}