What is CVE-2017-8178?

CVE-2017-8178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Vicky-Al00, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-11-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-8178?

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

XSS in Huawei Vicky-Al00

CVE-2017-8178

Huawei Email APP Vicky-AL00 smartphones with software of earlier than VKY-AL00C00B171 versions has a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to send email that storing malicious code to a smartphone and waiting for a user to access this email that triggers execution of the code. An exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code on the affected device.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.9th 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

Huawei Vicky-al00
Huawei Vicky-al00_firmware
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Vicky-al00 — versions Earlier than VKY-AL00C00B171 versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8178?: CVE-2017-8178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Vicky-Al00, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-11-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-8178?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.