Cisco Identity Services Engine Arbitrary File Upload (cisco-sa-ise-file-upload-krW2TxA9)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 202720

Synopsis

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

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Identity Services Engine Arbitrary File Upload is affected by a vulnerability.

- A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need at least valid Policy Admin credentials on the affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of files that are uploaded to the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading arbitrary files to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to store malicious files on the system, execute arbitrary commands on the operating system, and elevate privileges to root. (CVE-2024-20296)

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 CSCwh97876

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0a5ee5de

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCwh97876

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 202720

File Name: cisco-sa-ise-file-upload-krW2TxA9.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 7/19/2024

Updated: 9/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-20296

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

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: 7/17/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-20296

CWE: 434

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-ise-file-upload-krW2TxA9

IAVA: 2024-A-0414-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwh97876