CVE-2020-3558 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-3558: Cisco Firepower Management Center Software Open Redirect Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Firepower Management Center
Weakness CWE-601 · Open redirect
Published October 21, 2020
Last update November 13, 2024

CVSS base score

4.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to redirect a user to a malicious web page. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation of the parameters of an HTTP request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by intercepting an HTTP request from a user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to modify the HTTP request to cause the interface to redirect the user to a specific, malicious URL. This type of vulnerability is known as an open redirect attack and is used in phishing attacks that get users to unknowingly visit malicious sites.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 21, 2020 CVE published
November 13, 2024 Record updated