CVE-2017-17478: Pega Platform

Medium severity, CVSS 4.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An XSS issue was discovered in Designer Studio in Pegasystems Pega Platform 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2, 7.2.1, and 7.2.2. A user with developer credentials can insert malicious code (up to 64 characters) into a text field in Designer Studio, after establishing context. Designer Studio is the developer workbench for Pega Platform. That XSS payload will execute when other developers visit the affected pages.

Affected products

• Pega Pega Platform: version 7.1.7 only; version 7.1.8 only; version 7.1.9 only; version 7.1.10 only; version 7.2 only; version 7.2.1 only; …

Published 2018-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.