CVE-2017-6713

high-risk
Published 2017-07-06

A vulnerability in the Play Framework of Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain full access to the affected system. The vulnerability is due to static, default credentials for the Cisco ESC UI that are shared between installations. An attacker who can extract the static credentials from an existing installation of Cisco ESC could generate an admin session token that allows access to all instances of the ESC web UI. This vulnerability affects Cisco Elastic Services Controller prior to releases 2.3.1.434 and 2.3.2. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvc76627.

Do I need to act?

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1.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Elastic Services Controller
Elastic Services Controller
Elastic Services Controller
Elastic Services Controller
Elastic Services Controller
Elastic Services Controller

Affected Vendors

Cisco

References (4)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99437
Vendor Advisory https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-2...
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99437
Vendor Advisory https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-2...
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal
Exposure 13/34 · Low