SB2018090610 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Data Center Network Manager
Published: September 6, 2018
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0450)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists in the web-based management interface of Cisco Data Center Network Manager 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.
2) Command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0440)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated application administrator to execute commands to execute arbitrary commands.
The vulnerability exists in the web interface of Cisco Data Center Network Manager due to incomplete input validation of user input within an HTTP request. A remote attacker can authenticate to the application and then send a specially crafted HTTP request to issue commands on the underlying operating system as the root user.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.