CVE-2020-3223CWE-59

Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

Medium · published June 3, 2020

CVSS v3.0
4.5
EPSS
2%
Percentile
79.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A vulnerability in the web-based user interface (web UI) of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to read arbitrary files on the underlying filesystem of the device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient file scope limiting. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a specific file reference on the filesystem and then accessing it through the web UI. An exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files from the underlying operating system's filesystem.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
4.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01911 · 79.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Published
2020-06-03T17:41Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 JUN 17:41Z
    Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability
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