VDB-129743 · CVE-2018-15440 · BID 106513

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

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Identity Services Engine. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting (Stored). This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-15440. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Identity Services Engine (Policy Management Software) (unknown version). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Stored). 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 Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web interface of an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data that is written to log files and displayed in certain web pages of the web-based management interface of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user of the interface to click a specific link or view an affected log file. The injected script code may be executed in the context of the web-based management interface or allow the attacker to access sensitive browser-based information.

The bug was discovered 01/09/2019. The weakness was presented 01/15/2019 by Pedro Ribeiro as cisco-sa-20190109-ise-multi-xs as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-15440 since 08/17/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at packetstormsecurity.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 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 13413 (Cisco Identity Services Engine Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities(cisco-sa-20190109-ise-multi-xss)).

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 106513†). See VDB-129744 for similar entry. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Name: Stored
Class: Cross site scripting / Stored
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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08/17/2018 🔍
01/09/2019 +145 days 🔍
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01/15/2019 +6 days 🔍
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01/16/2019 +1 days 🔍
07/01/2024 +1993 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20190109-ise-multi-xs
Researcher: Pedro Ribeiro
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-15440 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-15440
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-129743
SecurityFocus: 106513 - Cisco Identity Services Engine Cross Site Scripting and HTML-injection Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/16/2019 12:10
Updated: 07/01/2024 11:59
Changes: 01/16/2019 12:10 (64), 05/01/2020 16:06 (4), 07/01/2024 11:59 (24)
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