Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This is a medium-severity XSS issue in Cisco Firepower Management Center's RSS dashboard. An attacker would need to convince a management-interface user to click a crafted link. Successful exploitation could run script in that user's browser session and expose browser-based information tied to the FMC interface.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate operational risk for environments using Cisco FMC. It is not KEV-listed, but compromise of an administrator's browser session could affect security-management operations.
Technical view
CVE-2019-1930 is CWE-79 cross-site scripting in the Cisco FMC web management interface RSS dashboard. The issue is attributed to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. CVSS v3.0 is 6.1, with network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction required.
Likely exposure
Organizations running Cisco Firepower Management Center are potentially exposed. The provided bundle does not specify affected versions, so teams must verify their FMC releases against Cisco's advisory and internal asset inventory.
Exploitation context
The source describes remote, unauthenticated exploitation requiring the attacker to persuade a user to click a crafted link. KEV is false, and the provided sources do not establish active exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
Evidence supports reflected or link-triggered XSS behavior in the FMC RSS dashboard, but the bundle does not provide fixed versions, affected release ranges, exploit examples, or observed exploitation details.
Mitigation direction
- Review Cisco's advisory for affected releases and vendor remediation guidance.
- Inventory Cisco FMC deployments and identify exposed web management interfaces.
- Prioritize vendor-supported updates or mitigations where the advisory marks systems affected.
- Warn FMC administrators about crafted links targeting the management interface.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether Cisco FMC is deployed in the environment.
- Compare installed FMC versions with Cisco's advisory guidance.
- Review access paths to FMC web management interfaces.
- Check security monitoring for suspicious FMC admin-interface link activity.
Public sources used
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CWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.1 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N2.82.7Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
6.1MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- 20190703 Cisco Firepower Management Center RSS Cross-Site Scripting VulnerabilitiesCVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.