HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2020-3219

Ios Xe vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject and execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to the web UI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting crafted input to the web UI. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges on an affected device.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Ios Xe
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-77 — Command Injection
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2020-06-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2020-3219

  • Confirm whether Cisco Ios Xe is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2020-3219.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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