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CVE-2017-16022

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.1)—
Severity6.1Medium · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.89 %higher than 59% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Morris.js creates an svg graph, with labels that appear when hovering over a point. The hovering label names are not escaped in versions 0.5.0 and earlier. If control over the labels is obtained, script can be injected. The script will run on the client side whenever that specific graph is loaded.

CVSS

Base score
6.1
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.89 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
59
Score date
10/21/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Morris.js Project — Morris.js

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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