CVE-2017-5998 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in InterSect Alliance SNARE Epilog for

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in InterSect Alliance SNARE Epilog for UNIX version 1.5 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the str_log_name parameter in a "Web Admin Portal > Log Configuration > Add" action.

01What is this vulnerability?

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in InterSect Alliance SNARE Epilog for UNIX version 1.5 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the str_log_name parameter in a "Web Admin Portal > Log Configuration > Add" action.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-02-17T07:59:00.933
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• arthrocyber.com — http://arthrocyber.com/research
• arthrocyber.com — http://arthrocyber.com/research