# CVE-2017-3868: Cross-site scripting in Cisco UCS Director

> An unauthenticated remote attacker can execute cross-site scripting attacks against users of the Cisco UCS Director web interface.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Mar 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-85gw-xq6r-j4j7

## What is CVE-2017-3868?

CVE-2017-3868 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cisco UCS Director, published on 17 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco UCS Director could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web-based management interface of an affected device. More Information: CSCvc44344. Known Affected Releases: 6.0(0.0).

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3868?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Unified Computing System Director.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-3868?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3868 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-3868 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3868 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco UCS Director

- [CVE-2018-0238](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0238/): Auth bypass in Cisco UCS Director (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2017-3801](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3801/): Privilege escalation in Cisco UCS Director versions 6.0.0.0 and 6.0.0.1 (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-0219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0219/): Cross-site scripting in Cisco UCS Director (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2017-3817](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3817/): Missing authorization in Cisco UCS Director (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-3868 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-3868 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cisco UCS Director, published on 17 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3868 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco UCS Director. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3868/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3868/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3868
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3868
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3868

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