Name: CVE-2017-15092: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-15092, CWE-79, CVSS 6.1, EPSS 0.00003

A cross-site scripting issue has been found in the web interface of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6, where the qname of DNS queries was displayed without any escaping, allowing a remote attacker to inject HTML and Javascript code into the web interface, altering the content.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade pdns-recursor	Jan 23, 2018	Jan 23, 2018
Arch Linux	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux	Jul 11, 2025	Jan 23, 2018
Debian	—	Upgrade pdns-recursor	Jul 30, 2024	Jan 23, 2018
Suse	—	Upgrade pdns-recursorUpgrade pdns-recursor-debugsourceUpgrade pdns-recursor-debuginfo	Dec 6, 2017	Dec 6, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Jan 23, 2018

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CVSS Details

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