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Cisco Identity Services Engine XXE Injection (cisco-sa-ise-xxe-inj-GecEHY58)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 170958
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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 XML external element (XXE) vulnerability. A remote attacker, authenticated with Super Admin or Proxy Admin credentials can exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted XML file that contains references to external entities. A successful exploit can allow the attacker to retrieve files from the local system resulting in a disclosure of confidential information. The attacker can also cause the web application to perform arbitrary HTTP requests and conduct a server-side request forgery attack through the affected device or impact the responsiveness of the web-based management interface.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 CSCwd10864See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 170958
File Name: cisco-sa-ise-xxe-inj-GecEHY58.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 2/2/2023
Updated: 9/20/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.3
Temporal Score: 5.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-20030
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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: 2/1/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-20030