SB2017062210 - XSS in Cisco SocialMiner
Published: June 22, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017062210
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6702)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The weakness exists in the web framework of Cisco SocialMiner due to incorrect filtration of input data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim’s browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.