Cisco Prime Infrastructure Web-based Management Interface cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Evolved Programmable Network Manager. Affected is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-20120. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Evolved Programmable Network Manager (affected version not known). Affected is some 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. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager (EPNM) and Cisco Prime Infrastructure could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface of an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious code into specific pages of the interface. 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 shared for download at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-20120 since 10/10/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240235 (Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager XSS (CVE-2025-20120)), 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 (240235). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Network Management Software

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• Cisco

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• Evolved Programmable Network Manager
• Prime Infrastructure

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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