Cisco Identity Services Engine XSS (cisco-sa-ise-xss-euRCwX9)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142593

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 (XSS) vulnerability due to the web-based management interface not properly validating user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to click a specially crafted URL, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session.

Please see the included Cisco BID and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvv01681.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e94861c9

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvv01681

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142593

File Name: cisco-sa-ise-xss-euRCwX9.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 11/6/2020

Updated: 6/3/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3551

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: Host/Cisco/ISE/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3551

CWE: 79

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-ise-xss-euRCwX9

IAVA: 2020-A-0500-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvv01681