XML External Entity injection in Cisco Data Center Network Manager - CVE-2019-15983
Published: January 7, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23993
CSH Severity: Medium
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-2019-15983
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists in the SOAP API due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input within the addGroupNavigation SOAP endpoint of "DbAdminWSService/DbAdminWS". A remote administrator can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.
Affected software
Cisco Data Center Network Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2019-15983
Install updates from vendor's website.
Cisco Data Center Network Manager - update to 11.3.1