Cross-frame scripting in Unified Communications Manager (CallManager) - CVE-2017-12258
Published: October 5, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8709
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12258
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute a cross-frame scripting (XFS) attack.
The weakness exists in the web-based UI of Cisco Unified Communications Manager due to insufficient protections for HTML inline frames (iframes). A remote attacker can direct the victim to a specially crafted website containing a malicious HTML inline frame and conduct XFS attack.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow attacker to conduct click-jacking or other types of client-side browser attacks.
The weakness exists in the web-based UI of Cisco Unified Communications Manager due to insufficient protections for HTML inline frames (iframes). A remote attacker can direct the victim to a specially crafted website containing a malicious HTML inline frame and conduct XFS attack.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow attacker to conduct click-jacking or other types of client-side browser attacks.
Affected software
Unified Communications Manager (CallManager)
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12258
Install update from vendor's website.