SANS ISC Stormcast, Jan 24, 2025: XSS in Email, SonicWall Exploited; Cisco Vulnerablities; AI and SOAR (@sans_edu research paper by Anthony Russo)

In today's episode, learn how an attacker attempted to exploit webmail XSS vulnerablities against us. Sonicwall released a critical patch fixing an already exploited vulnerability in its SMA 1000 appliance. Cisco fixed vulnerabilities in ClamAV and its Meeting Manager REST API. Learn from SANS.edu student Anthony Russo how to take advantage of AI for SOAR. XSS Attempts via E-Mail https://isc.sans.edu/diary/XSS%20Attempts%20via%20E-Mail/31620 An analysis of a recent surge in email-based XSS attack attempts targeting users and organizations. Learn the implications and mitigation techniques. SonicWall PSIRT Advisory: CVE-2025-23006 https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0002 CVE-2025-23006 Details of a critical vulnerability in SonicWall appliances (SNWLID-2025-0002) and what you need to do to secure your systems. Cisco ClamAV Advisory: OLE2 Parsing Vulnerability https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-clamav-ole2-H549rphA A DoS vulnerability in the popular open source anti virus engine ClamAV Cisco CMM Privilege Escalation Vulnerability https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cmm-privesc-uy2Vf8pc A patch of a privilege escalation flaw in Cisco s CMM module.