Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software Path Traversal (cisco-sa-vmandowndir-CVGvdKM3)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 147760

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The version of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the cisco-sa-vmandowndir-CVGvdKM3 advisory.

- A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct path traversal attacks and obtain read access to sensitive files on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request that contains directory traversal character sequences to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view arbitrary files on the affected system. (CVE-2020-3401)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvt74757

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a0db624c

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvt74757

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 147760

File Name: cisco-sa-vmandowndir-CVGvdKM3.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 3/15/2021

Updated: 3/16/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3401

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:sd-wan_vmanage

Required KB Items: Cisco/Viptela/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3401

CWE: 22

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-vmandowndir-CVGvdKM3

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvt74757