Path traversal in Cisco Data Center Network Manager - CVE-2019-15981
Published: January 7, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23986
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15981
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists in the SOAP API within the readConfigFileFromDB SOAP endpoint called by accessing the "WebAnalysisWSService/WebAnalysis" path in the service. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.
Affected software
Cisco Data Center Network Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2019-15981
Install update from vendor's website.
Cisco Data Center Network Manager - update to 11.3.1