SNS Vulnerability

Cisco Host Scan Package Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Description

(:A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in Cisco Host Scan Package.:A remote attacker could exploit it in order to execute arbitrary JavaScript or HTML code by inciting their victim into following a specially formed link.::This vulnerability stems from an insufficient input validation of user-supplied input.)

Vulnerable Products

Vulnerable Software:
AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client (Cisco) - 3.0(0), 3.0(10055), 3.0(12240), 3.0.0629, 3.0.08057, ..., 4.0(48), 4.0.7, 4.1, 4.1 (8), 4.2(0)

Solution

Cisco has released version 4.3(2034) of AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client in order to fix this vulnerability.

CVE

CVE-2016-6436

References

- CSCuz14682 : Cisco Host Scan Package Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161005-chs

Vulnerability Manager Detection

IPS Protection

ASQ Engine alarm	Available Since
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'iframe' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'meta' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious tag with event found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'applet' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' attribute found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'img' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'a' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : cookie access attempt using script language found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'embed' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'object' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'form' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : javascript code found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : evasion attempt using tag characters encoding in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'link' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'script' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'location' javascript object found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL	3.2.0

Risk level

Low

Vulnerability First Public Report Date

2016-10-07

Target Type

Server

Possible exploit

Remote