CVE-2017-9298
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-site scripting vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager before 8.5.2-01 and Hitachi Replication Manager before 8.5.2-00 allows authenticated remote users to execute arbitrary JavaScript code.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceStored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Hitachi Device Manager and Hitachi Replication Manager allows authenticated remote users to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into the application, which executes when other authenticated users view the malicious content.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 8.5.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Hitachi Device Manager installationLocate the Hitachi Device Manager installation directory or check the installed software list on the system where it is deployedAffected if Hitachi Device Manager is installed on the system
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Determine Hitachi Device Manager versionAccess the product's web interface, check the About/Help section, or inspect installation logs and version files within the product directory to find the exact version numberAffected if The installed version is 8.5.2 or any version lower than 8.5.2-01 (such as 8.5.2, 8.5.1, 8.5.0, etc.)
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Identify Hitachi Replication Manager installationLocate the Hitachi Replication Manager installation or check the installed software list on systems where it is deployedAffected if Hitachi Replication Manager is installed on the system
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Determine Hitachi Replication Manager versionAccess the product's web interface, check the About/Help section, or inspect installation logs and version files within the product directory to find the exact version numberAffected if The installed version is 8.5.2-00 or any version lower than 8.5.2-00 (such as 8.5.1-xx, 8.5.0-xx, etc.)
You are affected if either Hitachi Device Manager version is 8.5.2 or lower, or Hitachi Replication Manager version is 8.5.2-00 or lower, and the application has users with authenticated access who could potentially inject malicious content.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Hitachi Device Manager to version 8.5.2-01 or later and Hitachi Replication Manager to version 8.5.2-00 or later to obtain the vendor patch.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-9298 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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