Cisco FirePOWER Management Center Web-based Management Interface cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco FirePOWER Management Center and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2019-1931. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco FirePOWER Management Center (Firewall Software) (the affected version is unknown). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple vulnerabilities in the RSS dashboard in the web-based management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) 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 vulnerabilities are due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface of the affected device. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities 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 affected interface or access sensitive, browser-based information.

The weakness was presented 07/06/2019 as cisco-sa-20190703-fmc-xss as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-1931 since 12/06/2018. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-137427 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Firewall Software

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• Cisco

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• FirePOWER Management Center

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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