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Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Web-Based Management Interface Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20190501-apic-xss)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 134213

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) is affected by following vulnerability

 - A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) could allow an authenticated, 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. An attacker could exploit 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 affected interface or access sensitive, browser-based information. (CVE-2019-1838)

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 CSCvo76562

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?56098080

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvo76562

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 134213

File Name: cisco-sa-20190501-apic-xss.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 3/3/2020

Updated: 5/5/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1838

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:/o:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller_apic

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco APIC Software

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1838

BID: 108169

CWE: 79

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20190501-apic-xss

IAVA: 2019-A-0219-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvo76562