Cisco IOS Software IOx Local Manager Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160914-ios)

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/o:cisco:ios";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106249");
  script_version("2026-02-02T05:59:28+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-02-02 05:59:28 +0000 (Mon, 02 Feb 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-09-16 11:06:29 +0700 (Fri, 16 Sep 2016)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-07-30 01:29:00 +0000 (Sun, 30 Jul 2017)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-6404");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Cisco IOS Software IOx Local Manager Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20160914-ios)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CISCO");
  script_dependencies("gb_cisco_ios_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("cisco/ios/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"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.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"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.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"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.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160914-ios");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( ! version = get_app_version( cpe:CPE, nofork:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( version == "15.5(2)T" ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"See advisory" );
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );