Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Stored XSS (cisco-sa-capic-scss-bFT75YrM)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 152961

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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 is affected by a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in its Web UI component due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An authenticated, 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.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvy64858

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 152961

File Name: cisco-sa-capic-scss-bFT75YrM.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/1/2021

Updated: 9/3/2021

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-2021-1582

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:/a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco APIC Software

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-1582

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-capic-scss-bFT75YrM

IAVA: 2021-A-0403

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvy64858

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