CVE-2017-3842
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Cisco Intrusion Prevention System...
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Device Manager (IDM) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to view sensitive information stored in certain HTML comments. More Information: CSCuh91455. Known Affected Releases: 7.2(1)V7.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Device Manager (IDM) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to view sensitive information stored in certain HTML comments. More Information: CSCuh91455. Known Affected Releases: 7.2(1)V7.
- Record
CVE-2017-3842- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Device Manager (IDM) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to view sensitive information stored in certain HTML comments. More Information: CSCuh91455. Known Affected Releases: 7.2(1)V7.
- Record
CVE-2017-3842- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-12959 No score
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Device Manager (IDM) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to view sensitive information stored in certain HTML comments. More Information: CSCuh91455. Known Affected Releases: 7.2(1)V7.
- Record
EUVD-2017-12959- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-95r4-wmww-hqc3
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Cisco Intrusion Prevention System...
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Device Manager (IDM) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to view sensitive information stored in certain HTML comments. More Information: CSCuh91455. Known Affected Releases: 7.2(1)V7.
- Record
GHSA-95r4-wmww-hqc3- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-3842 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Device Manager, published February 22, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.32%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.