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
Published Jul 6, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.93%
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.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Cisco Elastic Services Controller Defaultn/a
- Version Cisco Elastic Services ControllerStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Cisco Elastic Services Controller | n/a |
|
- 1.0.0
- 1.1.0
- 2.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.2.0
- 2.3.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.93% (0.02927) | 86.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.93% (0.02927) | 85.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.74% (0.01735) | 80.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.95% (0.03951) | 80.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00296) | 69.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00296) | 68.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.30% (0.00296) | 64.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 52.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 50.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 48.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.05% (0.01055) | 27.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.94th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.32th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 58.25th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (2)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99437 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170705-esc2 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99437 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170705-esc2 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
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