XXE attack in Cisco IoT Field Network Director - CVE-2019-1698
Published: February 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17843
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1698
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Cisco IoT Field Network Director
How to mitigate CVE-2019-1698
Update to version 4.4(0.26).
Cisco IoT Field Network Director - update to 4.4.0.26