CVE-2016-1423 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) and HTML injection vulnerability in Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA). An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this by crafting malicious email messages displayed in the Messages in Quarantine (MIQ) view, tricking a user into clicking a malicious link. With a CVSS v3 score of 6.1 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and has low impact on confidentiality and integrity (C:L, I:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.9.1-000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.9.1-000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.9.2-032CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.9.2-032:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0.0-212CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.0.0-212:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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