Cisco Identity Services Engine Web-based Management Interface cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Cisco Identity Services Engine. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-0212. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Identity Services Engine (Policy Management Software) (affected version not known). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct 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 interface to click a crafted link. 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. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf69963.

The bug was discovered 03/07/2018. The weakness was disclosed 03/08/2018 with Cisco (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-0212 since 11/27/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 02/17/2023). 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.

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 103333†). The entries VDB-114211, VDB-114209, VDB-114210 and VDB-114208 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Policy Management Software

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• Cisco

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• Identity Services Engine

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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