CVE-2021-1259CWE-22

Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software Path Traversal Vulnerability

Medium · published January 20, 2021

CVSS v3.0
5.3
EPSS
2%
Percentile
80.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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 write 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 an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to write arbitrary files on the affected system.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01972 · 80.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2021-01-20T19:57Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 JAN 19:57Z
    Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software Path Traversal Vulnerability
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