Cisco Secure Email Web-based Management Interface cross site scripting

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Cisco Secure Email, Secure Email and Web Manager and Secure Web Appliance. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-20504. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Secure Email, Secure Email and Web Manager and Secure Web Appliance (affected version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality 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-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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, Secure Email Gateway, and Secure Web Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of an affected 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 advisory is available at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-20504 since 11/08/2023. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210599 (Secure Web Appliance XSS (cisco-sa-esa-wsa-sma-xss-zYm3f49n)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (210599). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Cisco

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• Secure Email
• Secure Email and Web Manager
• Secure Web Appliance

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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