Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software Disaster Recovery Feature Password Exposure (cisco-sa-sd-wan-credentials-ydYfskzZ)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 153549

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco SD-WAN Viptela Software is affected by a vulnerability.

- A vulnerability in the disaster recovery feature of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to user credentials. This vulnerability exists because access to API endpoints is not properly restricted. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a request to an API endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain unauthorized access to administrative credentials that could be used in further attacks. (CVE-2021-1589)

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 CSCvy23058

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a48700db

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvy23058

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 153549

File Name: cisco-sa-sd-wan-credentials-ydYfskzZ.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 9/22/2021

Updated: 10/1/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-1589

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:sd-wan_vmanage, cpe:/o:cisco:sd-wan_firmware

Required KB Items: Cisco/Viptela/Version, Cisco/Viptela/Model

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-1589

CWE: 256

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-sd-wan-credentials-ydYfskzZ

IAVA: 2021-A-0435

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvy23058