Cross-site scripting in RSA Authentication Manager - CVE-2017-8000
Published: July 13, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7498
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8000
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: RSA
Affected software:
RSA Authentication Manager
RSA Authentication Manager
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker with administrator privileges perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-8000
Update to version 8.2 SP1 Patch 1.