Cisco Identity Services Engine Logging Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20190123-isel-xss)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 126104

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Identity Services Engine Software is affected by cross-site scripting vulnerability in the logging component. This could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. The vulnerability is due to the improper validation of requests stored in the system's logging database. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to the targeted system. An exploit could allow the attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks when an administrator views the logs in the Admin Portal.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCvm62862.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?42b2008c

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvm62862

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 126104

File Name: cisco-sa-20190123-isel-xss.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 6/21/2019

Updated: 4/6/2021

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-15455

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:cisco:identity_services_engine, cpe:/a:cisco:identity_services_engine, cpe:/a:cisco:identity_services_engine_software

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/Cisco/ISE/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15455

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20190123-isel-xss

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvm62862