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CVE-2011-0961· NVD / CVE Program· CNA cisco

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cwhp/device.center.do in the Help servlet in Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services 3.3 and earlier al

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cwhp/device.center.do in the Help servlet in Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services 3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the device parameter, aka Bug ID CSCto12704.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
May 20, 2011
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
5.2% · 92th percentile
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Action score

19

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
2 / 30 · 5.2%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
ciscociscoworks common services

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • cisco ciscoworks common servicesup to 3.3 inclusive
  • cisco ciscoworks common services1.0
  • cisco ciscoworks common services2.2
  • cisco ciscoworks common services3.0
  • cisco ciscoworks common services3.0.3
  • cisco ciscoworks common services3.0.4
  • cisco ciscoworks common services3.0.5
  • cisco ciscoworks common services3.0.6
  • cisco ciscoworks common services3.1
  • cisco ciscoworks common services3.1.1
  • cisco ciscoworks common services3.2

Same product

cisco: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2009-1161Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP service in Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services (CWCS) 3.0.x through 3.2.x on Windows, as used in
    44Plan
  • CVE-2010-3036Multiple buffer overflows in the authentication functionality in the web-server module in Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services before 4.0 allow
    42Plan
  • CVE-2011-3310The Home Page component in Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services before 4.1 on Windows, as used in CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution, Cisco Secu
    41Plan
  • CVE-2011-0966Directory traversal vulnerability in cwhp/auditLog.do in the Homepage Auditing component in Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services 3.3 and earlier
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2008-2054Unspecified vulnerability in Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services 3.0.3 through 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a cli
    38Monitor
  • CVE-2011-2042The Sybase SQL Anywhere database component in Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services 3.x and 4.x before 4.1 allows remote attackers to obtain pote
    20Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×2

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entryremote2011-05-18
Exploit-DB entryremote2011-05-18

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-3 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+5612 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-79 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

    Fixed

    ts
    commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

    Attack context

    MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

    ATT&CK techniques

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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