#VU1097 Cross-site scripting in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning - CVE-2016-6451

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1097

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [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/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6451

CWE-ID: CWE-79

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning
Server applications / Other server solutions

Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc

Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by incorrect filtration of input data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim’s browser in security 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.

Mitigation
Update to version 11.0(0.619), 11.0(0.621), 11.0(0.638), 11.0(0.641), 11.0(0.645).

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning: 10.6 - 11.0.0.645

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External links
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-pcp

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?