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Medium severity · published Jul 22, 2022
CVE-2022-20913
A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files on an affected device
6.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation in the web-based management interface of Cisco Nexus Dashboard. An attacker with Administrator credentials could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on an affected device.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ND
Nexus Dashboard · Cisco
2.0 before 2.2\(1e\) · source: NVD
Affected product
ND
Nexus Dashboard
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20913
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-20913
Vendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ndb-afw-2MT9tb99
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