#VU17843 XXE attack in Cisco IoT Field Network Director - CVE-2019-1698

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#VU17843 XXE attack in Cisco IoT Field Network Director - CVE-2019-1698

Published: February 22, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17843
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1698
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco IoT Field Network Director
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote high-privileged attacker to conduct XXE-attack.

The vulnerability exists in the web-based user interface due to improper handling of XML External Entities (XXEs) when parsing an XML file. A remote attacker can import a specially crafted XML file with malicious entries, which could allow the attacker to read files within the affected application.


Remediation

Update to version 4.4(0.26).

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