Biometric Shift Employee Management System has XSS via the criteria parameter in an index.php?user=competency_criteria request.
CVE-2017-17994
MEDIUMNVD 5.45.4—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence
Score 5.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 5.4; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.4
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 5.4Exploit: NoneExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.4
- EG Score
- 5.4(medium)
- EPSS
- 41.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 30, 2017
Last Modified
May 13, 2026
References (2)
Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2017-17994?
CVE-2017-17994 is a medium vulnerability published on December 30, 2017. Biometric Shift Employee Management System has XSS via the criteria parameter in an index.php?user=competency_criteria request.
When was CVE-2017-17994 disclosed?
CVE-2017-17994 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 30, 2017, with the most recent update on May 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2017-17994 actively exploited?
CVE-2017-17994 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 41.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2017-17994?
CVE-2017-17994 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2017-17994?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2017-17994, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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