Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Cisco Data Center Network Manager - CVE-2020-3112
Published: February 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25488
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-3112
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient access control validation in the REST API endpoint. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted request to the API and interact with the API with administrative privileges.
Affected software
Cisco Data Center Network Manager
How to mitigate CVE-2020-3112
Install updates from vendor's website.
Cisco Data Center Network Manager - update to 11.3.1