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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance WebVPN XSS (cisco-sa-20191002-asa-xss)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 129813
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patchDescription
A vulnerability in the Clientless SSL VPN (WebVPN) portal of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web-based management interface of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface of an affected device. An attacker can this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to click a crafted link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the interface or allow the attacker to access sensitive browser-based information.Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvp33341See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 129813
File Name: cisco-sa-20191002-asa-xss.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 10/11/2019
Updated: 1/17/2020
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-2019-12695
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:/a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software
Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/ASA
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-12695