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.

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)

Published 2017-09-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (77.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.017 · change: -0.005

Affected products

Cisco Unified Intelligence Center — versions 11.5\(1\), 11.5(1)
Cisco Unified Intelligence Center — versions Cisco Unified Intelligence Center

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/100921 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170920… (Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039408 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

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.