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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-15872

phpwcms 1.8.9 has XSS in include/inc_tmpl/admin.edituser.tmpl.php and include/inc_tmpl/admin.newuser.tmpl.php via the username (aka new_login) field.

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CVE-2017-15872
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31 Oct 2026, 09:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-15872

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Oct 2017, 20:29 UTC

phpwcms 1.8.9 has XSS in include/inc_tmpl/admin.edituser.tmpl.php and include/inc_tmpl/admin.newuser.tmpl.php via the username (aka new_login) field.

osv:CVE-2017-15872
Complete source record
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  "id": "3df35893d6201537dd75ef6e751caf94b4db7c42165f619041d9a87829f085a9",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-15872",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-15872",
    "summary": "phpwcms 1.8.9 has XSS in include/inc_tmpl/admin.edituser.tmpl.php and include/inc_tmpl/admin.newuser.tmpl.php via the username (aka new_login) field.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-15872",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-15872",
      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/slackero/phpwcms",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "193f6d38cd1d461a1fdbad1b76ee4ae9272a57ff"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "193f6d38cd1d461a1fdbad1b76ee4ae9272a57ff"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "62c7c4a7a7de5effa0a82c89e77e53795a82e11d"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "90ee94a474b37919161f8112f9e36c53ad70492f"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:phpwcms:phpwcms:1.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.8.9"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.8.9"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "62c7c4a7a7de5effa0a82c89e77e53795a82e11d"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "90ee94a474b37919161f8112f9e36c53ad70492f"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.8.9",
            "phpwcms-1.8.9"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-15872.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:15.050186025Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/slackero/phpwcms/commit/62c7c4a7a7de5effa0a82c89e77e53795a82e11d",
        "https://github.com/slackero/phpwcms/commit/90ee94a474b37919161f8112f9e36c53ad70492f"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-15872",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380191,
  "published_at": "2017-10-24T20:29:00.25+00:00"
}