Asus IoT Control Center Web-based Management Interface cross site scripting

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Asus IoT Control Center. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Web-based Management Interface. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-20916. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Asus IoT Control Center (the affected version is unknown). This affects an unknown code of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IoT Control Center could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface. This vulnerability exists because the web-based management interface does not properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability 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 released 07/22/2022 as cisco-sa-iotcc-xss-WQrCLRVd. It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-20916 since 11/02/2021. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Asus

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• IoT Control Center

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.asus.com/

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