# CVE-2017-6789: Cross-site scripting in Cisco Unified Intelligence Center

> Unauthenticated remote attackers can execute DOM-based XSS to manipulate the database integrity of Cisco Unified Intelligence Center.

- **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:** 7 Sep 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6j6f-r8xm-m68f

## What is CVE-2017-6789?

CVE-2017-6789 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cisco Unified Intelligence Center, published on 7 Sep 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 Cisco Unified Intelligence Center web interface could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to impact the integrity of the system by executing a Document Object Model (DOM)-based, environment or client-side cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. The vulnerability occurs because user-supplied data in the DOM input is not validated. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted URLs that contain malicious DOM statements to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to affect the integrity of the system by manipulating the database. Known Affected Releases 11.0(1)ES10. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf18325.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6789?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Unified Intelligence Center.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-6789?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6789 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-6789 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6789 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Intelligence Center

- [CVE-2017-12253](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12253/): Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Unified Intelligence Center (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2015-4274](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4274/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2015-0740](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0740/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2019-1670](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1670/): Cisco Unified Intelligence Center Software Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2017-12248](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12248/): Cross-site scripting in Cisco Unified Intelligence Center (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-6789 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-6789 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cisco Unified Intelligence Center, published on 7 Sep 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-2017-6789 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Unified Intelligence Center. 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-2017-6789/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6789/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6789
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6789
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6789

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