Stored XSS via unvalidated management-interface field
Published Jan 20, 2021 · Updated Nov 12, 2024
Stored XSS in Cisco Secure Web Appliance before 12.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts in another user's browser. The web-based management interface accepts malicious data in a specific field without proper validation and stores it for later rendering. The attacker needs high-privilege authenticated access, and another user must view the affected interface; code runs only in that interface's context.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Cisco Secure Web Appliance before 12.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts in another user's browser. The web-based management interface accepts malicious data in a specific field without proper validation and stores it for later rendering. The attacker needs high-privilege authenticated access, and another user must view the affected interface; code runs only in that interface's context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-1271
- Published
- Jan 20, 2021
- Updated
- Nov 12, 2024
- Vendor
- ClamAV
- Product
- Cisco Secure Web Appliance
- Classifications
- CWE-79
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Jan 20, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 12, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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