CVE-2017-9979

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.

CVSS v3.0

6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

2.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 84th percentile

Published

2017-08-28

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143780/OSNEXUS-QuantaStor-4-Information-Disclosure.h…
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/23

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42517

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-9978
• CVE-2017-9987
• CVE-2017-9965
• CVE-2017-9988
• CVE-2017-9947
• CVE-2017-9989