Secure Firewall Management CenterApplication · Cisco
CVE-2016-1413
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 · uneditedThe web interface in Cisco Firepower Management Center 5.4.0 through 6.0.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to modify pages by placing crafted code in a parameter value, aka Bug ID CSCuy76517.
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 · high confidenceCross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center web interface allows remote authenticated users to inject malicious code into parameter values, enabling modification of page content. The vulnerability affects versions 5.4.0 through 6.0.0.1.
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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
Secure Firewall Management CenterApplication
= 5.4.0= 5.4.0.2= 5.4.1= 5.4.1.1= 5.4.1.2= 5.4.1.3= 5.4.1.4= 5.4.1.5= 5.4.1.6= 6.0.0.1CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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 Cisco Firepower Management Center versionLog into the web interface and navigate to Help > About, or access the CLI and run the 'show version' command to display the running software versionAffected if The displayed version matches any of these: 5.4.0, 5.4.0.2, 5.4.1, 5.4.1.1, 5.4.1.2, 5.4.1.3, 5.4.1.4, 5.4.1.5, 5.4.1.6, or 6.0.0.1
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Verify the web interface is accessibleConfirm that the Firepower Management Center web interface (HTTPS on port 443 or configured port) is reachable and accepts authentication credentialsAffected if The web interface is exposed and accepts authenticated user sessions, allowing parameter values to be submitted to the application
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Confirm the parameter input feature is in useCheck if user accounts have access to web interface pages that accept parameter input (such as search fields, filter inputs, or configuration parameter forms)Affected if Authenticated users can interact with web interface parameter fields where unsanitized input could be reflected in page content
You are affected if your Cisco Firepower Management Center version is 5.4.0 through 6.0.0.1 and the web interface is accessible to authenticated users who can submit parameter values.
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 Cisco patch for this vulnerability (refer to Cisco advisory for specific fixed version). Implement proper input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied parameter values in the web 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-2016-1413 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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