Vulnerability · Published Jun 3, 2020 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2020-3229Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Cisco IOS XE Software 16.2.2 from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 5.3% (higher than 93% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)5.3%top 7.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in Role Based Access Control (RBAC) functionality of Cisco IOS XE Web Management Software could allow a Read-Only authenticated, remote attacker to execute commands or configuration changes as an Admin user. The vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of RBAC for the administration GUI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a modified HTTP request to the affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker as a Read-Only user to execute CLI commands or configuration changes as if they were an Admin user.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco IOS XE Software 16.2.2	n/a

Weakness: CWE-264 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

20200603 Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO