Cisco Video Surveillance Operations Manager Help Page Redirect Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the help page of the Cisco Video Surveillance Operations Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to load remote web pages on a victim’s web browser.

The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user to click a crafted URL.

Cisco has confirmed the vulnerability in a security notice; however, software updates are not available.

To exploit the vulnerability, the attacker may provide a link that directs a user to a malicious site and use misleading language or instructions to persuade the user to follow the provided link.

Customers are advised to review the bug report in the “Vendor Announcements” section for a current list of affected versions.

Cisco indicates through the CVSS score that functional exploit code exists; however, the code is not known to be publicly available.