#VU17193 Cross-site scripting in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC) - CVE-2019-1642
Published: January 23, 2019 / Updated: June 17, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17193
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1642
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC)
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC)
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc
Cisco Systems, Inc
Description
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. 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
The vulnerability has been addressed in the versions 6.3.0, 6.2.3.7.