Cross-site scripting in Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) - CVE-2022-20959
Published: October 20, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68523
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-2022-20959
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 External RESTful Services (ERS) API. 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 Identity Services Engine (ISE)
How to mitigate CVE-2022-20959
Install updates from vendor's website.
Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) - addressed in versions 2.7P8, 3.0P7, 3.1P4, 3.2P1