CVE-2017-6713

CRITICAL

Cisco Elastic Services Controller - Unauthenticated Remote Access via Default Credentials

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99437

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0293
EPSS Percentile 85.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-264 CWE-770
Status published
Products (7)
cisco/elastic_services_controller 1.0.0
cisco/elastic_services_controller 1.1.0
cisco/elastic_services_controller 2.0
cisco/elastic_services_controller 2.1.0
cisco/elastic_services_controller 2.2.0
cisco/elastic_services_controller 2.3.0
n/a/Cisco Elastic Services Controller Cisco Elastic Services Controller
Published Jul 06, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026