Cross-site scripting in Cisco UCS Director

1) Stored cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU13216

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0149

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct a Document Object Model-based (DOM-based), stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists in the web-based management interface of Cisco Integrated Management Controller Supervisor Software and Cisco UCS Director Software due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. 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.

Mitigation

No release planned to fix this bug.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco UCS Director: All versions

External links

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180606-ucsdimcs

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.