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Cisco Unity Connection Web Framework XSS (cisco-sa-20191002-cuc-xss)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 130399

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Synopsis

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

Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to click a specially crafted URL, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session.

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvq13816

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a5a7d927

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvq13816

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 130399

File Name: cisco-sa-20191002-uc-xss.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 10/31/2019

Updated: 11/4/2019

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-2019-12707

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:unity_connection

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco VOSS Unity

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12707

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20191002-cuc-xss

IAVA: 2019-A-0362

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvq13816