Cisco Content Security Management Appliance Web-based Management Interface cross site scripting

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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco Content Security Management Appliance. Affected is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2018-15393. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (affected version not known). Affected is 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. CVE summarizes:
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web-based management interface. 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 maliciously 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 bug was discovered 11/07/2018. The weakness was released 11/08/2018 as cisco-sa-20181107-sma-xss as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-15393 since 08/17/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/05/2023). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.
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 105858†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
08/17/2018 🔍11/07/2018 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-20181107-sma-xss
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2018-15393 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-15393
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-126576
SecurityFocus: 105858 - Cisco Content Security Management Appliance CVE-2018-15393 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 11/09/2018 07:43Updated: 06/05/2023 09:31
Changes: 11/09/2018 07:43 (59), 04/11/2020 07:42 (3), 06/05/2023 09:31 (14)
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