Cisco FirePOWER Management Center Web-based Management Interface cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in Cisco FirePOWER Management Center (Firewall Software) (affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. An attacker might be able to inject arbitrary html and script code into the web site. This would alter the appearance and would make it possible to initiate further attacks against site visitors.

The weakness was published 01/14/2021 as cisco-sa-fmc-stored-xss-djKfCzf2. It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-1238. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Productinfoedit

Type

Firewall Software

Vendor

Cisco

Name

FirePOWER Management Center

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.3

VulDB Base Score: 2.4
VulDB Temp Score: 2.3
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79
ATT&CK: T1059.007

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfoedit

01/14/2021 Advisory disclosed
01/14/2021 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/14/2021 +0 days VulDB last update

Sourcesinfoedit

Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

Advisory: cisco-sa-fmc-stored-xss-djKfCzf2
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-1238 (🔒)

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