PT-2017-12447 · Cisco · Cisco Ios Xe

Published 2017-10-18 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2017-12272

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco IOS XE Software (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the web framework code could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web interface. The issue is due to insufficient input validation of some parameters passed to the web server. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to access a malicious link or by intercepting a user request and injecting malicious code. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected web interface or access sensitive browser-based information.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-12272

Affected Products

Cisco Ios Xe

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12272 · Security Note
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171018-cisco-ios-xe · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12272 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101494 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039627 · Note