SB2018060702 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Communications Manager



SB2018060702 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Communications Manager

Published: June 7, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018060702
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0340)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists in the web framework of the Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) software due to insufficient input validation of certain parameters passed to the web server. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


2) Cross-frame scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0355)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute a cross-frame scripting (XFS) attack.

The weakness exists in the web UI of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) due to  insufficient protections for HTML inline frames (iframes) by the web UI. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, conduct XFS-attack and conduct click-jacking or other client-side browser attacks on the affected system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.