# CVE-2020-3491: Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

> An authenticated admin can inject malicious scripts into the Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director interface, allowing arbitrary code execution or data theft.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Aug 2020
- **Updated:** 13 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vxm5-p34v-5xv5

## What is CVE-2020-3491?

CVE-2020-3491 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director, published on 26 Aug 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface on an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the web-based management interface does not properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by inserting malicious data into a specific data field in the interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the interface or access sensitive, browser-based information. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have administrative privileges on the affected device.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3491?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-3491?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3491 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-3491 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3491 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director

- [CVE-2019-1917](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1917/): Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director REST API Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-3598](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3598/): Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Missing Authentication Vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2019-16004](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16004/): Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2020-3485](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3485/): Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Role-Based Access Control Vulnerability (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2021-34742](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34742/): Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-3491 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-3491 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director, published on 26 Aug 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3491 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3491/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3491/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3491
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3491
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-3491

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