Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Privilege Escalation (cisco-sa-webui-PZgQxjfG)

high Nessus Plugin ID 138148

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS XE Software is affected by Web UI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.
A vulnerability in Role Based Access Control (RBAC) functionality of Cisco IOS XE Web Management Software could allow a Read-Only authenticated, remote attacker to execute commands or configuration changes as an Admin user.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvp95718

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1a073145

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewErp.x?alertId=ERP-73388

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvp95718

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138148

File Name: cisco-sa-webui-PZgQxjfG-iosxe.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 7/7/2020

Updated: 5/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3229

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:ios_xe

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/IOS-XE/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3229

CWE: 264

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-webui-PZgQxjfG

IAVA: 2020-A-0239-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvp95718