ESA-2017-017: RSA® Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

EMC Identifier: ESA-2017-017: RSA® Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
CVE Identifier: CVE-2017-4978
 
Severity Rating: CVSS v3 Score: 5.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
  
Affected Products:
RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) versions prior to 7.3 P2 (exclusive)
 
Summary: 
RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) contains a fix for a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.
 
Details: 
RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Attackers could potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary HTML or JavaScript code in the user’s browser session in the context of the affected application.
 
Recommendation:
The following RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) release contains resolution to this vulnerability:
• RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) version 7.3 P2 and later
 
RSA recommends all customers upgrade at the earliest opportunity.
 
For additional documentation, downloads, and more, visit the RSA Adaptive Authentication  page on RSA Link.
 
Severity Rating:
For an explanation of Severity Ratings, refer to the Security Advisories Severity Rating knowledge base article. RSA recommends all customers take into account both the base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores which may impact the potential severity associated with particular security vulnerability.
 
EOPS Policy:
RSA has a defined End of Primary Support policy associated with all major versions. Please refer to the Product Version Life Cycle for additional details.
 
RSA Link Security Advisories:
Read and use the information in this RSA Security Advisory to assist in avoiding any situation that might arise from the problems described herein. If you have any questions regarding this product alert, contact RSA Software Technical Support at 1-800-995-5095. RSA Security LLC and its affiliates, including without limitation, its ultimate parent company, Dell Technologies, distribute RSA Security Advisories in order to bring to the attention of users of the affected RSA products, important security information. RSA recommends that all users determine the applicability of this information to their individual situations and take appropriate action. The information set forth herein is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. RSA disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. In no event shall RSA, its affiliates or its suppliers, be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if RSA, its affiliates or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the foregoing limitation may not apply.