Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software CVE-2017-12304 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software are prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because they fail to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

This issue is being tracked by Cisco Bug ID CSCvf60862.

Information

Bugtraq ID: 101856
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2017-12304

Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 15 2017 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 15 2017 12:00AM
Credit: Cisco
Vulnerable: Cisco IOS XE Software 0
Cisco Ios 15.7(2.0z)M

Not Vulnerable:

Exploit

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

References:

• Cisco Homepage (Cisco )
  
• Cisco IOS Homepage (Cisco Systems)
  
• Cisco IOS XE Homepage (Cisco)
  
• cisco-sa-20171115-ios: Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software IOS daemon Cross-Site Scrip (Cisco)
  

Source: www.securityfocus.com