Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published Nov 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-16908

Description

In Horde Groupware 5.2.19, there is XSS via the Name field during creation of a new Resource. This can be leveraged for remote code execution after compromising an administrator account, because the CVE-2015-7984 CSRF protection mechanism can then be bypassed.

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Affected products

Horde (software)/Groupware2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:5.2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:horde:groupware:5.2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =5.2.19
Horde (software)/Kronolith H4llm-fuzzy

Patches

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References

github.com/horde/kronolith/commit/39f740068ad21618f6f70b6e37855c61cadbd716nvdPatchVendor Advisory
code610.blogspot.com/2017/11/rce-via-xss-horde-5219.htmlnvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00048.htmlnvd

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