What is CVE-2017-4978?

CVE-2017-4978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rsa Adaptive Authentication \(On Premise\), classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-05-19.

How severe is CVE-2017-4978?

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

XSS in Rsa Adaptive Authentication \(On Premise\)

CVE-2017-4978

EMC RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) versions prior to 7.3 P2 (exclusive) contains a fix for a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (54.0th 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

Rsa Adaptive_authentication_\(on_premise\)
N/a Emc Rsa Adaptive Authentication (On-premise) Versions Prior To 7.3 P2 (Exclusive) — versions EMC RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) versions prior to 7.3 P2 (exclusive)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security_alert@emc.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
security_alert@emc.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-4978?: CVE-2017-4978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rsa Adaptive Authentication \(On Premise\), classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-05-19.
How severe is CVE-2017-4978?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.