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CVE-2017-5241· NVD / CVE Program· CNA rapid7

Biscom Secure File Transfer versions 5.0.0.0 trough 5.1.1024 are vulnerable to post-authentication persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) in

Biscom Secure File Transfer versions 5.0.0.0 trough 5.1.1024 are vulnerable to post-authentication persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) in the "Name" and "Description" fields of a Workspace, as well as the "Description" field of a File Details pane of a file stored in a Workspace. This issue has been resolved in version 5.1.1025.

MediumCVSS 5.4 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Jun 28, 2017
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.9% · 57th percentile
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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.4 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
biscomsecure file transfer

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • biscom secure file transferup to 5.1.1015 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (rapid7). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Biscom Secure File Transfer

    • 5.0.0.0 trough 5.1.1024affected

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-8796Biscom Secure File Transfer (SFT) before 5.1.1071 and 6.0.1xxx before 6.0.1005 allows Remote Code Execution on the server.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2016-10710Biscom Secure File Transfer (SFT) 5.0.1000 through 5.0.1048 does not validate the dataFieldId value, and uses sequential numbers, which allo
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2020-27646Biscom Secure File Transfer (SFT) before 5.1.1082 and 6.x before 6.0.1011 allows user credential theft.
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2020-8503Biscom Secure File Transfer (SFT) 5.0.1050 through 5.1.1067 and 6.0.1000 through 6.0.1003 allows Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) by
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2017-5247Biscom Secure File Transfer is vulnerable to cross-site scripting in the File Name field.
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2017-5246Biscom Secure File Transfer is vulnerable to AngularJS expression injection in the Display Name field.
    17Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

ts
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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