Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software IOx Local Manager Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the web framework code of the Cisco Local Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against the user of the web interface of the affected system.

The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of some parameters passed to the web server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing the user to access a malicious link or by intercepting the user request and injecting the malicious code. An exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected site or allow the attacker to access sensitive browser-based information.

[“http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/cmb/cisco-amb-20060922-understanding-xss.html”]

Additional information about XSS attack and potential mitigations can be found at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/cmb/cisco-amb-20060922-understanding-xss.html[“http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/cmb/cisco-amb-20060922-understanding-xss.html”]

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. Workarounds that address this vulnerability are not available.

This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160914-ios[“https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160914-ios”]