What is CVE-2017-12221?

CVE-2017-12221 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-09-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-12221?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center

CVE-2017-12221

A vulnerability in the web framework of Cisco Firepower Management Center could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web interface of the affected software. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the affected software. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected system. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc38983.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.011 (61.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cisco Secure_firewall_management_center
N/a Cisco Firepower Management Center — versions Cisco Firepower Management Center

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@cisco.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12221?: CVE-2017-12221 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-12221?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.