Cisco Identity Services Engine XML External Entity Injection (cisco-sa-ise-xxe-inj-V4VSjEsX)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 154878

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Identity Services Engine is affected by an XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability due to an incorrectly configured XML parser accepting XML external entities from an untrusted source. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via specially crafted XML data, to disclose sensitive information.

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvy75191

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 154878

File Name: cisco-sa-ise-xxe-inj-V4VSjEsX.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 11/3/2021

Updated: 7/7/2023

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-34706

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:cisco:identity_services_engine, cpe:/a:cisco:identity_services_engine, cpe:/a:cisco:identity_services_engine_software

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, Host/Cisco/ISE/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-34706

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-ise-xxe-inj-V4VSjEsX

IAVA: 2021-A-0455-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvy75191

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