CVE-2021-1303 (GCVE-0-2021-1303)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-20 19:55 – Updated: 2024-11-12 20:28
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Title
Cisco DNA Center Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Summary
A vulnerability in the user management roles of Cisco DNA Center could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute unauthorized commands on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper enforcement of actions for assigned user roles. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating as a user with an Observer role and executing commands on the affected device. A successful exploit could allow a user with the Observer role to execute commands to view diagnostic information of the devices that Cisco DNA Center manages.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/C… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Cisco Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center (DNA Center) Affected: n/a
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