TL;DR 📌
A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in the Web Authentication feature of Cisco IOS XE Software. This issue could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute malicious scripts on affected devices. Cisco has released updates to address this vulnerability, but there are no workarounds available.
What happened 🕵️♂️
A vulnerability in the Web Authentication feature of Cisco IOS XE Software allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to conduct a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This vulnerability arises from improper sanitization of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this by persuading a user to click a malicious link, potentially allowing the attacker to steal user cookies from the affected device.