Cisco BroadWorks Web-based Management Interface cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in Cisco BroadWorks and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-20307. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco BroadWorks (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco BroadWorks Application Delivery Platform could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against a user of the interface. 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. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

It is possible to read the advisory at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-20307 since 10/10/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-19739). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Cisco

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• BroadWorks

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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