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

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco FirePOWER Management Center. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web-based Management Interface. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-20838. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco FirePOWER Management Center (Firewall Software) (affected version unknown). This affects an unknown functionality 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-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:

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface of an affected device. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by inserting crafted input into various data fields in an affected interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the interface, or access sensitive, browser-based information. In some cases, it is also possible to cause a temporary availability impact to portions of the FMC Dashboard.

The weakness was presented 11/16/2022 as cisco-sa-fmc-xss-LATZYzxs. The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-20838 since 11/02/2021. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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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• 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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