CVE-2017-5256
In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, all authenticated users have the...
In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, all authenticated users have the ability to update the Device Name and System Description fields in the web administration console, and those fields are vulnerable to persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) injection.
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
In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, all authenticated users have the ability to update the Device Name and System Description fields in the web administration console, and those fields are vulnerable to persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) injection.
- Record
CVE-2017-5256- 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
In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, all authenticated users have the ability to update the Device Name and System Description fields in the web administration console, and those fields are vulnerable to persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) injection.
- Record
CVE-2017-5256- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-14361 No score
In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, all authenticated users have the ability to update the Device Name and System Description fields in the web administration console, and those fields are vulnerable to persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) injection.
- Record
EUVD-2017-14361- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5c2c-3pcp-ghm8
In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, all authenticated users have the...
In version 3.5 and prior of Cambium Networks ePMP firmware, all authenticated users have the ability to update the Device Name and System Description fields in the web administration console, and those fields are vulnerable to persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) injection.
- Record
GHSA-5c2c-3pcp-ghm8- 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-2017-5256 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Cambium Networks Epmp, published December 20, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 42nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.