#VU11333 Cross-site scripting in Cisco IOS XE - CVE-2018-0190 

 

#VU11333 Cross-site scripting in Cisco IOS XE - CVE-2018-0190

Published: March 28, 2018 / Updated: March 29, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11333
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2018-0190
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco IOS XE
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The weakness 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.


Remediation

Update to versions 16.7(1.107), 16.6(2.98), 16.5(1.315), 16.4.1 or 16.3(5.104).

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