Cross-site scripting in Cisco HyperFlex - CVE-2019-1665
Published: February 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17833
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1665
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco HyperFlex
Cisco HyperFlex
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists in the web-based management interface 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-1665
Update to version 3.5(1a).