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Cisco Web Security Appliance Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Cisco-SA-20150219-CVE-2015-0623 · Medium · Published · Updated

A vulnerability in the Administrator report page of the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing the WSA user to visit a malicious website. Cisco has confirmed the 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 link. Cisco indicates through the CVSS score that functional exploit code exists; however, the code is not known to be publicly available.

Cisco advisory ·CSAF JSON

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.

For additional information about cross-site scripting attacks and the methods used to exploit these vulnerabilities, see the Cisco Applied Mitigation Bulletin Understanding Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Threat Vectorshttp://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/cmb/cisco-amb-20060922-understanding-xss.html .

Administrators are advised to monitor affected systems.

CVEsCVE-2015-0623
Cisco Bug IDsCSCus40627
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
Product Names From Source
Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA), Cisco Secure Web Appliance

Related Products

Product CVE Evidence
Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) CVE-2015-0623 Cisco OpenVuln
Cisco Secure Web Appliance CVE-2015-0623 Cisco OpenVuln