Cisco Firepower Management Center up to 7.2.3.1 Web-based Management Interface cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco Firepower Management Center up to 7.2.3.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-20041. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cisco Firepower Management Center up to 7.2.3.1 (Firewall Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing 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:

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, 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 11/01/2023 as cisco-sa-fmc-xss-sK2gkfvJ. It is possible to read the advisory at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-20041 since 10/27/2022. 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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Type

• Firewall Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Firepower Management Center

Version

• 6.4.0.16
• 6.6.7.1
• 7.0.5
• 7.1.0.3
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.0.1
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.3.1

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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