Cisco Integrated Management Controller Cross-Site Scripting (cisco-sa-cimc-xss-7EhBFxBp)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 334142

Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Integrated Management Controller is affected by a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.

- A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users.
An authenticated, 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. (CVE-2026-20198)

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 CSCwt96899, CSCwu66661, CSCwu66669

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 334142

File Name: cisco-sa-cimc-xss-7EhBFxBp.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 8/10/2026

Updated: 8/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-20198

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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:/o:cisco:integrated_management_controller

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/CIMC/version, Host/Cisco/CIMC/model

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-20198

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-cimc-xss-7EhBFxBp

IAVA: 2026-A-0806

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwt96899, CSCwu66661, CSCwu66669

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