Cisco Emergency Responder Web-based Management Interface cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Emergency Responder. It has been classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-16025. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Emergency Responder (unknown version) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block 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. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the web framework of Cisco Emergency Responder could allow an authenticated, 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 some parameters that are passed to the web server of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user to access a malicious link or by intercepting a user request for the affected web interface and injecting malicious code into that request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected web-based management interface or access sensitive, browser-based information.

The weakness was released 09/23/2020 as cisco-sa-20200108-er-xss as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-16025 since 09/06/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Cisco

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• Emergency Responder

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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