Cisco Identity Services Engine Command Injection (CVE-2023-20175)

high Nessus Plugin ID 184196

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 a command injection vulnerability. A vulnerability in a specific Cisco ISE CLI command could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform command injection attacks on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have valid Read-only-level privileges or higher on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted CLI command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root.

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 CSCwd07353

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?22798cd5

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwd07353

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 184196

File Name: cisco-sa-ise-injection-QeXegrCw.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 11/2/2023

Updated: 2/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20175

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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: Host/Cisco/ISE/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-20175

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-ise-injection-QeXegrCw

IAVA: 2023-A-0595-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwd07353