Cross-site scripting in Cisco Unified Intelligence Center and Cisco Unified Contact Center Express - CVE-2021-1463
Published: April 7, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU51968
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-2021-1463
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 due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the web-based management interface of Cisco Unified Intelligence Center Software. 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 Unified Intelligence Center
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express
How to mitigate CVE-2021-1463
Install updates from vendor's website.
Cisco Unified Intelligence Center - addressed in versions 12.0.1 ES14, 12.5.1 ES7
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express - update to 12.5.1 SU1
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express - update to 12.5.1 SU1