VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-9979
CVSS score6.1 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.56%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-08-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
On the OSNEXUS QuantaStor v4 virtual appliance before 4.3.1, if the REST call invoked does not exist, an error will be triggered containing the invalid method previously invoked. The response sent to the user isn't sanitized in this case. An attacker can leverage this issue by including arbitrary HTML or JavaScript code as a parameter, aka XSS.
Weakness classification
- CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, URL Repurposed
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, URL Repurposed
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry