VDB-111731 · CVE-2018-0118 · BID 102478

Cisco Unified Communications Manager Web-based Management Interface cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-0118. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified Communication Software) (the affected version is unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code 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. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Unified Communications Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web-based management interface of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the web-based management interface to click a link that is designed to submit malicious input to the interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the interface or allow the attacker to access sensitive browser-based information on the targeted device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg51264.

The bug was discovered 01/10/2018. The weakness was released 01/11/2018 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20180110-ucm as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-0118 since 11/27/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/29/2021). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 316178 (Cisco Unified Communications Manager Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20180110-ucm)).

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 102478†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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11/27/2017 🔍
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01/29/2021 +1114 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20180110-ucm
Researcher: Cisco
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-0118 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-0118
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-111731
SecurityFocus: 102478 - Cisco Unified Communications Manager CVE-2018-0118 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040193

Entryinfo

Created: 01/11/2018 16:33
Updated: 01/29/2021 20:27
Changes: 01/11/2018 16:33 (62), 12/22/2019 10:02 (5), 01/29/2021 20:25 (2), 01/29/2021 20:27 (1)
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