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CVE-2017-17550 (GCVE-0-2017-17550)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-11-10 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:51
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Summary
ZyXEL ZyWALL USG 2.12 AQQ.2 and 3.30 AQQ.7 devices are affected by a CSRF vulnerability via a cgi-bin/zysh-cgi cmd action to add a user account. This account's access could, for example, subsequently be used for stored XSS.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-11-10 00:00
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