{"id":"CVE-2017-9979","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-9979","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:07:59.599Z","title":"An attacker can leverage this issue by including arbitrary HTML or JavaScript code as a parameter, aka XSS.","description":"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.","published":"2017-08-28T19:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:29:19.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["osnexus/quantastor"],"epss":{"score":0.02559,"percentile":0.85002,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-08-18","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":42517,"kind":"exploit","title":"QuantaStor Software Defined Storage < 4.3.1 - Multiple Vulnerabilities","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42517","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/xml/webapps/42517.txt","file":"exploits/xml/webapps/42517.txt","published":"2017-08-18","added":"2017-08-18","updated":"2017-08-18","author":"VVVSecurity","type":"webapps","platform":"xml","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-9979","CVE-2017-9978"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.6%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143780/OSNEXUS-QuantaStor-4-Information-Disclosure.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/23","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vvvsecurity.com/advisories/vvvsecurity-advisory-2017-6943.txt","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","URL Repurposed"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42517/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143780/OSNEXUS-QuantaStor-4-Information-Disclosure.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/23","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vvvsecurity.com/advisories/vvvsecurity-advisory-2017-6943.txt","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","URL Repurposed"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42517/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9979","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}