Cisco Firepower Management Center Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

published 2019-01-23 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-10199

cvss: 6.1; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 3.9%; EPSS 3.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web-based management interface of the affected software. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to click a crafted link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected interface or access sensitive, browser-based information.

Timeline

2019-01-23 Published
2019-01-28 First public exploit (EDB-46263)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-11-21)

Exploit prediction

3.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-46263 Cisco Firepower Management Center 6.2.2.2 / 6.2.3 - Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2019-01-28

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/46263/
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190123-frpwr-mc-xss
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/106714
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-1642
NVD CVE-2019-1642

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Summary