Cisco Security Manager < 4.23 Path Traversal Vulnerability (direct check)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 143233

Synopsis

The web application running on the remote web server is affected by a path traversal vulnerability.

Description

The version of Cisco Security Manager running on the remote web server is affected by a path traversal vulnerability.
An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by sending a URI that contains directory traversal characters, to disclose the contents of files located outside of the server's restricted path.

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

Solution

Upgrade to Cisco Security Manager version 4.23 or later

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c337be85

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvu99995

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 143233

File Name: cisco_security_manager_cve_2020_27130.nbin

Version: 1.40

Type: remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 11/24/2020

Updated: 7/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27130

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:security_manager

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27130