XSS in Cisco Emergency Responder

CVE-2019-16025

A vulnerability in the web framework of Cisco Emergency Responder could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web-based management interface. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of some parameters that are passed to the web server of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user to access a malicious link or by intercepting a user request for the affected web interface and injecting malicious code into that request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected web-based management interface or access sensitive, browser-based information.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (47.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16025?
CVE-2019-16025 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2020-09-23.
How severe is CVE-2019-16025?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.