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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-11611

Wolf CMS 0.8.3.1 allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of the file name in a "create-file-popup" action, and the directory name in a "create-directory-popup" action, in the HTTP POST method to the "/plugin/file_manager/" script (aka an /admin/plugin/file_manager/browse// URI).

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1 Nov 2026, 07:46 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-11611

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Sept 2017, 10:29 UTC

Wolf CMS 0.8.3.1 allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of the file name in a "create-file-popup" action, and the directory name in a "create-directory-popup" action, in the HTTP POST method to the "/plugin/file_manager/" script (aka an /admin/plugin/file_manager/browse// URI).

osv:CVE-2017-11611
Complete source record
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    "summary": "Wolf CMS 0.8.3.1 allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of the file name in a \"create-file-popup\" action, and the directory name in a \"create-directory-popup\" action, in the HTTP POST method to the \"/plugin/file_manager/\" script (aka an /admin/plugin/file_manager/browse// URI).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-11611",
    "products": [],
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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                },
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:58.147654143Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/faizzaidi/Wolfcms-v0.8.3.1-xss-POC-by-Provensec-llc"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439009,
  "published_at": "2017-09-08T10:29:00.193+00:00"
}