CVE-2017-3838

A vulnerability in Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a DOM-based cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against the user of the web interface of the affected system. More Information: CSCvc04838. Known Affected Releases: 5.8(2.5).

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96234
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037835
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170215-acs	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96234
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037835
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170215-acs	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_access_control_system:5.8\(2.5\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-02-22 02:59

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-3838

Mitre link : CVE-2017-3838

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-3838

JSON object : View

Products Affected

cisco

secure_access_control_system

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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