{"cve":"CVE-2017-9979","nvd":{"published":"2017-08-28T19:29:01.497","modified":"2026-06-17T01:29:18.983","status":"Modified","description":"On the OSNEXUS QuantaStor v4 virtual appliance before 4.3.1, if the REST call invoked does not exist, an error will be triggered containing the invalid method previously invoked. The response sent to the user isn't sanitized in this case. An attacker can leverage this issue by including arbitrary HTML or JavaScript code as a parameter, aka XSS.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","score":6.1},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"references":["http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143780/OSNEXUS-QuantaStor-4-Information-Disclosure.html","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/23","http://www.vvvsecurity.com/advisories/vvvsecurity-advisory-2017-6943.txt","https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42517/","http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/143780/OSNEXUS-QuantaStor-4-Information-Disclosure.html"],"products":["osnexus:quantastor"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:44:47.710380879+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-9979","score":0.02559,"percentile":0.85086,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}