#VU11331 Cross-site scripting in Cisco IOS XE - CVE-2018-0186
Published: March 28, 2018 / Updated: March 29, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11331
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0186
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco IOS XE
Cisco IOS XE
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc
Cisco Systems, Inc
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The weakness exists in the web-based user interface (web UI) 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.
Remediation
Update to versions 16.5(0.33), 16.4.1, 16.4(0.195), 16.3.2 or 16.3(1.28).