What is CVE-2019-15994?

CVE-2019-15994 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Stealthwatch Enterprise, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-11-26.

How severe is CVE-2019-15994?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Cisco Stealthwatch Enterprise

CVE-2019-15994

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Stealthwatch Enterprise could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web-based management interface of an affected system. 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 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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cisco Stealthwatch Enterprise — versions unspecified
Cisco Stealthwatch_enterprise

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15994?: CVE-2019-15994 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Stealthwatch Enterprise, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-11-26.
How severe is CVE-2019-15994?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.