High severity · published Oct 26, 2022
CVE-2022-20822
Cisco Identity Services Engine Unauthorized File Access Vulnerability
8.1
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read and delete files on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request that contains certain character sequences to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read or delete specific files on the device that their configured administrative level should not have access to. Cisco plans to release software updates that address this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CI
Cisco Identity Services Engine Software · Cisco
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
IS
Identity Services Engine · Cisco
3.1; 3.1; 3.1; 3.2 · source: NVD
Affected product
CI
Cisco Identity Services Engine Software
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20822
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-20822
Vendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-path-trav-Dz5dpzyM
yoroi.company
https://yoroi.company/en/research/cve-advisory-full-disclosure-cisco-ise-path-traversal/
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