CVE-2017-4978 (GCVE-0-2017-4978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-19 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:47
VLAI
Summary
EMC RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) versions prior to 7.3 P2 (exclusive) contains a fix for a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540552/30/… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98392 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a EMC RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) versions prior to 7.3 P2 (exclusive) Affected: EMC RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) versions prior to 7.3 P2 (exclusive)
Date Public
2017-05-19 00:00
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