What is CVE-2017-3888?

CVE-2017-3888 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-3888?

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

XSS in Cisco Unified Communications Manager

CVE-2017-3888

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Unified Communications Manager could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web-based management interface of an affected device. This vulnerability affects Cisco Unified Communications Manager with a default configuration running an affected software release with the attacker authenticated as the administrative user. More Information: CSCvc83712. Known Affected Releases: 12.0(0.98000.452). Known Fixed Releases: 12.0(0.98000.750) 12.0(0.98000.708) 12.0(0.98000.707) 12.0(0.98000.704) 12.0(0.98000.554) 12.0(0.98000.546) 12.0(0.98000.543) 12.0(0.98000.248) 12.0(0.98000.244) 12.0(0.98000.242).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-04-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 67.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cisco Unified Communications Manager — versions 12.0\(0.98000.452\), 12.0(0.98000.452)
Cisco Unified Communications Manager — versions Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1038193 (vdb-entry)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97431 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170405… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-3888?: CVE-2017-3888 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-3888?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.