CVE-2017-4978
EMC RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) versions prior to 7.3 P2 (exclusive) contains a fix...
EMC RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) versions prior to 7.3 P2 (exclusive) contains a fix for a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
EMC RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) versions prior to 7.3 P2 (exclusive) contains a fix for a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.
- Record
CVE-2017-4978- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
EMC RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) versions prior to 7.3 P2 (exclusive) contains a fix for a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.
- Record
CVE-2017-4978- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-14091 No score
EMC RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) versions prior to 7.3 P2 (exclusive) contains a fix for a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.
- Record
EUVD-2017-14091- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f4xj-xc2c-3wxg
EMC RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) versions prior to 7.3 P2 (exclusive) contains a fix...
EMC RSA Adaptive Authentication (On-Premise) versions prior to 7.3 P2 (exclusive) contains a fix for a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.
- Record
GHSA-f4xj-xc2c-3wxg- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- 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-2017-4978 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Rsa Adaptive Authentication \(on Premise\), published May 19, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.83%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.