Cisco Unified Intelligence Center Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 129820

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Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Unified Intelligence Center web interface could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to impact the integrity of the system by executing a Document Object Model (DOM)-based, environment or client-side cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. The vulnerability occurs because user-supplied data in the DOM input is not validated. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted URLs that contain malicious DOM statements to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to affect the integrity of the system by manipulating the database.

Solution

Apply the patch or upgrade to the version recommended in Cisco bug ID CSCvf18325

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 129820

File Name: cisco-sa-20170906-cuic.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 10/11/2019

Updated: 10/17/2019

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-2017-6789

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:unified_intelligence_center

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco Unified Intelligence Center (CUIC), Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6789

BID: 100646

CWE: 79

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20170906-cuic

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvf18325

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