Cisco Secure Web Appliance XSS (cisco-sa-esa-sma-wsa-xss-bgG5WHOD)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 197881

Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct an XSS attack against a user of the interface. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability 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.

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

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCwe88788 and CSCwe91887

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 197881

File Name: cisco-sa-esa-sma-wsa-xss-bgG5WHOD_swa.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 5/24/2024

Updated: 11/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-20256

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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:web_security_appliance, cpe:/a:cisco:web_security_appliance, cpe:/h: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: 5/15/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-20256

CWE: 79

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-esa-sma-wsa-xss-bgG5WHOD

IAVA: 2024-A-0294-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwe88788, CSCwe91887

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