Cisco Identity Services Engine Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20190206-ise-xss)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 126102

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Identity Services Engine Software is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.
This could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web-based management interface.The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input that is processed by the web-based interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to click a crafted link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the interface or access sensitive browser-based information.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCvn64652.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9e3cd932

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvn64652

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 126102

File Name: cisco-sa-20190206-ise-xss.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 6/21/2019

Updated: 4/6/2021

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1673

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:cisco:identity_services_engine, cpe:/a:cisco:identity_services_engine, cpe:/a:cisco:identity_services_engine_software

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/Cisco/ISE/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1673

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20190206-ise-xss

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvn64652