Firesight System SoftwareApplication · Cisco
CVE-2016-1293
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Management Center in Cisco FireSIGHT System Software 6.0.0 and 6.0.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified parameters, aka Bug ID CSCux40414.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMultiple stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities exist in the Management Center web interface of Cisco FireSIGHT System Software versions 6.0.0 and 6.0.1. Remote attackers can inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML through unspecified parameters, which executes in the context of authenticated users viewing the malicious content.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Firesight System SoftwareApplication
= 6.0.0= 6.0.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed version of Cisco FireSIGHT System SoftwareAccess the Management Center web interface and navigate to System > Updates > About, or run 'show version' via CLI on the deviceAffected if The displayed version is exactly 6.0.0 or 6.0.1
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Verify the Management Center web interface is enabledConfirm you can access the Management Center login page at the device's management IP/hostname via HTTPSAffected if The web interface is accessible and responds to HTTP/HTTPS requests
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Confirm the affected software componentCheck that the installed product is specifically Cisco FireSIGHT System Software (not a different Cisco security product) by reviewing the System > About pageAffected if The product is confirmed as Cisco FireSIGHT System Software running version 6.0.0 or 6.0.1
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Review Management Center for unexpected contentExamine user-configurable fields in the Management Center such as device names, policies, objects, and custom templates for any unexpected script tags or HTML injectionAffected if Any suspicious JavaScript or HTML code is found stored in Management Center configuration fields
You are affected if the installed Cisco FireSIGHT System Software is exactly version 6.0.0 or 6.0.1 and the Management Center web interface is accessible.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the vendor patch for Cisco FireSIGHT System Software to address these XSS vulnerabilities. Until patched, implement input validation and output encoding as compensating controls for user-supplied data in the Management Center interface.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2016-1293 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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