Cross-site scripting in Cisco Web Security Appliance - CVE-2018-0366
Published: July 11, 2018 / Updated: July 13, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13854
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0366
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 Web Security Appliance (WSA) 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.
Affected software
Cisco Web Security Appliance
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0366
Update to version 10.5.1-296.
Cisco Web Security Appliance - update to 10.5.1 296