CVE-2017-6713

Critical

Published: 06/07/2017(UTC)Translated: 14/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in the Play Framework of Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain full access to the system. The issue is due to static, default credentials for the Cisco ESC UI that are shared between installations.

Risk Assessment

An attacker who can extract the static credentials from an existing installation of Cisco ESC could generate an admin session token, allowing access to all instances of the ESC web UI. This poses a significant security risk to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Cisco Elastic Services Controller to versions 2.3.1.434 or 2.3.2 to mitigate this vulnerability. Additionally, consider changing default credentials to unique and strong passwords.

Original NVD description (English source)

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.