CVE-2017-6053 Cross-site scripting in Trihedral VTScada

What is CVE-2017-6053?

CVE-2017-6053 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Trihedral VTScada, published on 21 Jun 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 Cross-Site Scripting issue was discovered in Trihedral VTScada Versions prior to 11.2.26. A cross-site scripting vulnerability may allow JavaScript code supplied by the attacker to execute within the user's browser.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6053?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Trihedral Vtscada.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6053?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6053 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-2017-6053 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6053 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Trihedral VTScada

• CVE-2016-4523 Trihedral VTScada (formerly VTS) Denial-of-Service Exploited High 7.5
• CVE-2016-4510 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 9.1
• CVE-2016-4532 Path traversal in n/a Critical 9.1
• CVE-2017-14029 Other in Trihedral Engineering Limited VTScada High 7.8
• CVE-2017-14031 Privilege escalation in Trihedral Engineering Limited VTScada High 7.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-h55q-pqvr-x64q.