A vulnerability in the web framework of Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct…

Published 9 y ago 2017-08-17 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

6.1

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.9%

percentile 59%

Public exploits

none known

A vulnerability in the web framework of Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web interface. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to access a malicious link or by intercepting a user request and injecting malicious code into the request. An 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: CSCvd76324. Known Affected Releases: 2.2(9.76) and 2.3(1).

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.87% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	6.1	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`
NVD	2.0	4.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`

Affected products

Cisco Systems, Inc. Elastic Services Controller

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170816-esc2 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/100370 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-6776
NVD: CVE-2017-6776

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