Cross-site scripting in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller - CVE-2018-0388
Published: October 18, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15414
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0388
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists 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 Wireless LAN Controller
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0388
The vulnerability has been addressed in the versions 8.9(1.11), 8.8(106.22), 8.8(100.0), 8.8(1.116), 8.5(137.1), 8.5(135.0), 8.5(134.102), 8.5(131.7), 8.5(124.106), 8.3(141.10), 8.2(170.0), 8.2(167.211).
Cisco Wireless LAN Controller - addressed in versions 8.2.167.211, 8.2.170.0, 8.3.141.10, 8.5.124.106, 8.5.131.7, 8.5.134.102, 8.5.135.0, 8.5.137.1, 8.8.1.116, 8.8.100.0, 8.8.106.22, 8.9.1.11