Cisco Data Center Network Manager XSS (cisco-sa-dcnm-xss-3jkDLsLV)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 139576

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Data Center Network Manager is affected by a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web-based management interface due to a failure to properly validate user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by intercepting a request from a user and injecting malicious data into an HTTP header, in order to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected interface or 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 CSCvt40820

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?abc4abc6

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvt40820

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 139576

File Name: cisco-sa-dcnm-xss-3jkDLsLV.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: combined

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: CISCO

Published: 8/14/2020

Updated: 10/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, 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-2020-3460

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:prime_data_center_network_manager

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3460

CWE: 79

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-dcnm-xss-3jkDLsLV

IAVA: 2020-A-0279-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvt40820