CVE-2017-5257 (GCVE-0-2017-5257)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-20 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:55
VLAI
Summary
In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, an attacker who knows (or guesses) the SNMP read/write (RW) community string can insert XSS strings in certain SNMP OIDs which will execute in the context of the currently-logged on user.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Cambium Networks ePMP Affected: 3.5 and prior
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Date Public
2017-12-20 00:00
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