SB2024011112 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager and Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Published: January 11, 2024
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20257)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the web-based management interface. A remote user can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
2) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20258)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the web-based management interface. A remote administrator can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
3) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20260)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper processing of command line arguments to application scripts. A local administrator can gain the elevated privileges of the root user on the underlying operating system.
4) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20271)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the web-based management interface. A remote user can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and obtain or modify sensitive information that is stored in the underlying database.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.