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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-16907

In Horde Groupware 5.2.19 and 5.2.21, there is XSS via the Color field in a Create Task List action.

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1 Nov 2026, 08:26 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-16907

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Nov 2017, 20:29 UTC

In Horde Groupware 5.2.19 and 5.2.21, there is XSS via the Color field in a Create Task List action.

osv:CVE-2017-16907
Complete source record
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