XSS in Cisco Unified Intelligence Center

CVE-2017-12248

A vulnerability in the web framework code of Cisco Unified Intelligence Center Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web interface of an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of some parameters that are passed to the web server of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user to click a malicious link or by intercepting a user request and injecting malicious code into the request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected site or allow the attacker to access sensitive browser-based information. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve76835.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.017 (75.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12248?
CVE-2017-12248 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Intelligence Center, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-12248?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.