A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco BroadWorks Application Delivery Platform Software (version now known). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco BroadWorks Application Delivery Platform Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting attack against a user of the interface. This vulnerability exists because the web-based management interface does not properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the 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.

The weakness was published 08/10/2022 as cisco-sa-broadworks-xss-xbhfr4cD. The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-20869 since 11/02/2021. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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• BroadWorks Application Delivery Platform Software

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