XML injection in Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) - CVE-2017-3839
Published: February 15, 2017 / Updated: February 17, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5862
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3839
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed in Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS) when parsing XML files. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted XML file and obtain potentially sensitive information.
Affected software
Cisco Secure Access Control System (ACS)
How to mitigate CVE-2017-3839
Install
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