CVE-2017-9979

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    CVE-2017-9979

    Published: 28 Aug 2017Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: , http://www.vvvsecurity.com/advisories/vvvsecurity-advisory-2017-6943.txt, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42517/, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143780/OSNEXUS-QuantaStor-4-Information-Disclosure.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/23

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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