Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CVE-2017-3798)
Summary
Cross-site scripting in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CVE-2017-3798). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A cross-site scripting (XSS) filter bypass vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Unified Communications Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to mount XSS attacks against a user of an affected device. More Information: CSCvb97237. Known Affected Releases: 11.0(1.10000.10) 11.5(1.10000.6). Known Fixed Releases: 11.5(1.12029.1) 11.5(1.12900.11) 12.0(0.98000.369) 12.0(0.98000.370) 12.0(0.98000.398) 12.0(0.98000.457).
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-3798 has been found in Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.1/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Cisco Unified Communications Manager CVE-2017-3798" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-3798 (Cisco Unified Communications Manager) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 6.1
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.1/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Cisco Unified Communications Manager を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- patch tools.cisco.com
- web securityfocus.com
- web securitytracker.com