CVE-2019-1838: Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Web-Based Management Interface Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-05-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web-based management interface of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface 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. This vulnerability has been fixed in software version 14.1(1i).

Affected products

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC): 3.2(5d), 4.0(3d)

References

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