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CVE-2011-0961

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cwhp/device.center.do in the Help servlet in Cisco CiscoWorks Common Service

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cwhp/device.center.do in the Help servlet in Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services 3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the device parameter, aka Bug ID CSCto12704.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.14897
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 5% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
cisco ciscoworks common services<= 3.3
cisco ciscoworks common servicesall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

6
remoteCiscoWorks Common Services Framework 3.1.1 Help Servlet - Cross-Site Scriptingverified
remoteCisco Unified Operations Manager - Multiple Vulnerabilitiesverified
pocarchives.neohapsis.com · 0371.htmlarchives.neohapsis.com
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 17304www.exploit-db.com
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 47902www.securityfocus.com
pocwww.senseofsecurity.com.au · SOS-11-006.pdfwww.senseofsecurity.com.au
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

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et-openET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS CiscoWorks Help Servlet Reflective XSS Attemptweb-application-attack
Open rulesets (ET Open, Snort Community, abuse.ch) link to source. Commercial rulesets are reference-only.
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · psirt@cisco.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD20 May 2011 · 10:55 PM
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=23088Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67523
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