CVE-2017-6782 Code injection in Prime Infrastructure

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

An authenticated attacker can inject malicious code into the Cisco Prime Infrastructure web interface, potentially executing arbitrary code when a user views the page.

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-2017-6782?

CVE-2017-6782 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in Cisco Prime Infrastructure, published on 17 Aug 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

A vulnerability in the administrative web interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to modify a page in the web interface of the affected application. The vulnerability is due to improper sanitization of parameter values by the affected application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious code into an affected parameter and persuading a user to access a web page that triggers the rendering of the injected code. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve47074. Known Affected Releases: 3.2(0.0).

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6782?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Prime Infrastructure.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6782?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6782 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2017-6782 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6782 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco Prime Infrastructure vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-h6f7-wjm5-gjgh.

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