CVE-2017-17478 (GCVE-0-2017-17478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-27 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:51
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Summary
An XSS issue was discovered in Designer Studio in Pegasystems Pega Platform 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2, 7.2.1, and 7.2.2. A user with developer credentials can insert malicious code (up to 64 characters) into a text field in Designer Studio, after establishing context. Designer Studio is the developer workbench for Pega Platform. That XSS payload will execute when other developers visit the affected pages.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2261 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2017-12-21 00:00
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