CVE-2019-1698CWE-611

Cisco IoT Field Network Director XML External Entity Vulnerability

Medium · published February 21, 2019

CVSS v3.0
4.9
EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in the web-based user interface of Cisco Internet of Things Field Network Director (IoT-FND) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain read access to information that is stored on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of XML External Entity (XXE) entries when parsing certain XML files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by importing a crafted XML file with malicious entries, which could allow the attacker to read files within the affected application. Versions prior to 4.4(0.26) are affected.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
4.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03122 · 87.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
Published
2019-02-21T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 FEB 21:00Z
    Cisco IoT Field Network Director XML External Entity Vulnerability
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