Cisco SocialMiner Web-based User Interface HTTP Request cross site scripting

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Cisco SocialMiner. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Web-based User Interface. Performing a manipulation as part of HTTP Request results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-1668. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco SocialMiner (affected version not known). This affects some unknown functionality of the component Web-based User Interface. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Request 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 chat feed feature of Cisco SocialMiner could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against a user of the web-based user interface of an affected system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input delivered to the chat feed as part of an HTTP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user to follow a link to attacker-controlled content. 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 01/23/2019. The weakness was released 01/24/2019 as cisco-sa-20190123-miner-chat-x as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-1668 since 12/06/2018. 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 07/03/2023). 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 106720†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Cisco

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• SocialMiner

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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