Cisco Managed Services Accelerator Web Interface HTTP Request redirect

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Cisco Managed Services Accelerator. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Web Interface. Such manipulation as part of HTTP Request leads to redirect. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-15974. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco Managed Services Accelerator (affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Web Interface. The manipulation as part of a HTTP Request leads to a redirect vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-601. A web application accepts a user-controlled input that specifies a link to an external site, and uses that link in a Redirect. This simplifies phishing attacks. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Managed Services Accelerator (MSX) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to redirect a user to a malicious web page. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation of the parameters of an HTTP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by intercepting a user's HTTP request and modifying it into a request that causes the web interface to redirect the user to a specific malicious URL. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to redirect a user to a malicious web page. This type of vulnerability is known as an open redirect attack and is used in phishing attacks that get users to unknowingly visit malicious sites.

The weakness was published 09/23/2020 as cisco-sa-20191106-msa-open-red as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-15974 since 09/06/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1204.001 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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• Cisco

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• Managed Services Accelerator

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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