XSS in Cisco Email Security Appliance

CVE-2016-1423

A vulnerability in the display of email messages in the Messages in Quarantine (MIQ) view in Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a user to click a malicious link in the MIQ view. The malicious link could be used to facilitate a cross-site scripting (XSS) or HTML injection attack. More Information: CSCuz02235. Known Affected Releases: 8.0.2-069. Known Fixed Releases: 9.1.1-038 9.7.2-047.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.015 (72.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1423?
CVE-2016-1423 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Email Security Appliance, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-10-28.
How severe is CVE-2016-1423?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.