#VU50059 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Cisco Data Center Network Manager - CVE-2021-1272 

 

#VU50059 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Cisco Data Center Network Manager - CVE-2021-1272

Published: January 20, 2021 / Updated: January 27, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU50059
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1272
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Data Center Network Manager
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the session validation feature. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request, trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems and gain unauthorized access to the Device Manager application.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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