VDB-110077 · CVE-2017-12349 · BID 102018

Cisco UCS Central Software Web-based Management Interface cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Cisco UCS Central Software. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Web-based Management Interface. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-12349. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco UCS Central Software (Virtualization Software) (affected version not known). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality 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. 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco UCS Central Software could allow a remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the affected interface or hijack a valid session ID from a user of the affected interface. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf71978, CSCvf71986.

The bug was discovered 11/29/2017. The weakness was disclosed 11/30/2017 as cisco-sa-20171129-ucs-central as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-12349 since 08/03/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 316265 (Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco UCS Central Software (cisco-sa-20171129-ucs-central)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 102018†). The entry VDB-110076 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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01/25/2021 +1152 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20171129-ucs-central
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-12349 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-12349
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-110077
SecurityFocus: 102018 - Cisco UCS Central Software Cross Site Scripting and Session Fixation Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1039924

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/30/2017 14:46
Updated: 01/25/2021 12:49
Changes: 11/30/2017 14:46 (63), 12/11/2019 11:55 (4), 01/25/2021 12:49 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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