Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CVE-2017-3888)
Summary
Cross-site scripting in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CVE-2017-3888). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Unified Communications Manager could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web-based management interface of an affected device. This vulnerability affects Cisco Unified Communications Manager with a default configuration running an affected software release with the attacker authenticated as the administrative user. More Information: CSCvc83712. Known Affected Releases: 12.0(0.98000.452). Known Fixed Releases: 12.0(0.98000.750) 12.0(0.98000.708) 12.0(0.98000.707) 12.0(0.98000.704) 12.0(0.98000.554) 12.0(0.98000.546) 12.0(0.98000.543) 12.0(0.98000.248) 12.0(0.98000.244) 12.0(0.98000.242).
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-3888 has been found in Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.4/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Cisco Unified Communications Manager CVE-2017-3888" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-3888 (Cisco Unified Communications Manager) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 5.4
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable)
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 5.4/10). 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
- advisory securityfocus.com
- patch tools.cisco.com
- web securitytracker.com