Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software CVE-2017-12265 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	101170
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-12265
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 04 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 04 2017 12:00AM
Credit:	Cisco.
Vulnerable:	Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Firewalls 9.8(1) Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Firewalls 9.4(4.5) Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 0
Not Vulnerable:

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software CVE-2017-12265 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

This issue is being tracked by Cisco Bug ID CSCve91068.

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software CVE-2017-12265 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software CVE-2017-12265 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software CVE-2017-12265 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Homepage (Cisco)
  
• Cisco Homepage (Cisco )
  
• Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software HREF Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabili (Cisco)