Cisco Unified Operations Manager HTTP Header Injection Vulnerability

Cisco-SA-20130722-CVE-2013-3439 · Medium · Published · Updated

A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Operations Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause arbitrary HTML or scripts to be executed in a user's browser. The vulnerability is due to a failure to properly validate application URLs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted URL to a user in order to introduce arbitrary code into the web interface of Cisco Unified Operations Manager. Cisco has confirmed this vulnerability in a security notice; however, software updates are not available. To exploit the vulnerability, the attacker may provide a link that directs a user to a malicious site and use misleading language or instructions to persuade the user to follow the provided link. Cisco indicates through the CVSS score that functional exploit code exists; however, the code is not known to be publicly available.

Workarounds

Administrators are advised to contact the vendor regarding future updates and releases.

Users are advised not to visit websites or follow links that have suspicious characteristics or cannot be verified as safe.

Users should verify that unsolicited links are safe to follow.

Administrators are advised to allow only trusted users to have network access.

Administrators are advised to monitor affected systems.

CVEsCVE-2013-3439
Cisco Bug IDsCSCud80182
CVSS ScoreBase 4.3
Base 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:F/RL:U/RC:C

Public Affected Products