Cisco Security Manager < 4.22 Static Credential Usage (cisco-sa-csm-rce-8gjUz9fW)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 142909

Synopsis

The web application running on the remote web server is affected by static credential usage

Description

The version of Cisco Security Manager running on the remote web server is prior to 4.22. It is, therefore, affected static credential usage. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this, by analyzing the application source code and obtaining credentials, to access sensitive information on an affected system.

Please see the included Cisco BID and Cisco Security Advisory for more information

Solution

Upgrade to Cisco Security Manager version 4.22 or later

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?739a4fb5

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvu99938

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 142909

File Name: cisco-sa-csm-rce-8gjUz9fW.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: remote

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 11/17/2020

Updated: 12/5/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27125

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:security_manager

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco Security Manager

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27125

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-csm-rce-8gjUz9fW

IAVA: 2020-A-0535

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvu99938