CVE-2017-15312 Cross-site scripting in SmartCare

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

A remote authenticated attacker can inject malicious scripts into the Huawei SmartCare dashboard, potentially compromising user sessions or data.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-15312?

CVE-2017-15312 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. SmartCare, published on 22 Dec 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Huawei SmartCare V200R003C10 has a stored XSS (cross-site scripting) vulnerability in the dashboard module. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious scripts in the affected device.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15312?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Smartcare.

How do I fix CVE-2017-15312?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-15312 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2017-15312 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15312 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pxpp-558h-fc34.

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