Cisco Secure Web Appliance XSS (cisco-sa-esa-sma-wsa-xss-cP9DuEmq)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178020

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Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Secure Web Appliance is affected by cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user input. An attacker could exploit this by persuading a user of an affected 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.
Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCwd50087, CSCwe18586

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178020

File Name: cisco-sa-esa-sma-wsa-xss-cP9DuEmq_swa.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 7/6/2023

Updated: 9/22/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20120

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:/h:cisco:web_security_appliance, cpe:/a:cisco:web_security_appliance, cpe:/o:cisco:web_security_appliance, cpe:/o:cisco:asyncos

Required KB Items: Host/AsyncOS/Cisco Web Security Appliance/DisplayVersion, Host/AsyncOS/Cisco Web Security Appliance/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20028, CVE-2023-20120

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-esa-sma-wsa-xss-cP9DuEmq

IAVA: 2023-A-0495

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwd50087, CSCwe18586

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