CVE-2020-27128 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-27128: Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software Arbitrary File Creation Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco SD-WAN vManage
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published November 6, 2020
Last update November 13, 2024

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the application data endpoints of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files to an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of requests to APIs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to an API within the affected application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and write files to an arbitrary location on the targeted system.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 6, 2020 CVE published
November 13, 2024 Record updated