Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller XSRF (cisco-sa-capic-csrfv-DMx6KSwV)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171879

Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller is affected by a cross-site request forgery (XSRF) vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to click a malicious link resulting in the attacker being able to perform arbitrary actions with the privilege of the 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 CSCwd15559

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4cbeaee2

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwd15559

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171879

File Name: cisco-sa-capic-csrfv-DMx6KSwV.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: remote

Family: CISCO

Published: 2/24/2023

Updated: 9/29/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20011

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:application_policy_infrastructure_controller

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco APIC Software

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20011

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-capic-csrfv-DMx6KSwV

IAVA: 2023-A-0116-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwd15559