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CVE-2017-12304

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A vulnerability in the IOS daemon (IOSd) web-based management interface of Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web-based management interface on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to click a crafted link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the web-based management interface or allow the attacker to access sensitive browser-based information. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf60862.

Affected products

• Cisco IOS: 15.7(2.0z)m

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101856
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039825
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171115-ios
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101856
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039825
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171115-ios

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