Cross-site scripting in Brocade Fabric OS - CVE-2017-6225
Published: February 9, 2018 / Updated: February 12, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10449
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6225
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Brocade
Affected software:
Brocade Fabric OS
Brocade Fabric OS
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-6225
Update to versions 7.4.2b, 8.1.2, 8.2.0.