Vulnerability · Published Nov 18, 2021 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2021-40131Cisco Common Services Platform Collector Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Cisco Common Services Platform Collector Software from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Common Services Platform Collector (CSPC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input that is processed by the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by adding malicious code to the configuration by using the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the interface or access sensitive, browser-based information.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco Common Services Platform Collector Software	n/a

Weakness: CWE-87 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

20211117 Cisco Common Services Platform Collector Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO