FKIE_CVE-2017-3838

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-02-22 02:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:19
Severity
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
A vulnerability in Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a DOM-based cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against the user of the web interface of the affected system. More Information: CSCvc04838. Known Affected Releases: 5.8(2.5).
References
psirt@cisco.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96234
psirt@cisco.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037835
psirt@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170215-acsVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96234
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037835
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170215-acsVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cisco secure_access_control_system 5.8\(2.5\)
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