OS Command Injection in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller and Cisco Cloud Application Policy Infrastructure Controller - CVE-2021-1580

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OS Command Injection in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller and Cisco Cloud Application Policy Infrastructure Controller - CVE-2021-1580

Published: August 26, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU56109
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1580
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller
Cisco Cloud Application Policy Infrastructure Controller

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the web UI. A remote administrator can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2021-1580

Install updates from vendor's website.

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