Vulnerability · Published Aug 25, 2022 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2022-20921Cisco ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Cisco ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator Software from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the API implementation of Cisco ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator (MSO) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper authorization on specific APIs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests. A successful exploit could allow an attacker who is authenticated with non-Administrator privileges to elevate to Administrator privileges on an affected device.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator Software	n/a

Weakness: CWE-285 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

20220824 Cisco ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator Privilege Escalation Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO