CVE-2021-1589

Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software Disaster Recovery Feature Password Exposure Vulnerability

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A vulnerability in the disaster recovery feature of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to user credentials. This vulnerability exists because access to API endpoints is not properly restricted. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a request to an API endpoint. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain unauthorized access to administrative credentials that could be used in further attacks.

Una vulnerabilidad en la funcionalidad disaster recovery de Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software podría permitir a un atacante remoto autenticado conseguir acceso no autorizado a las credenciales del usuario. Esta vulnerabilidad se presenta porque el acceso a los endpoints de la API no está debidamente restringido. Un atacante podría explotar esta vulnerabilidad mediante el envío de una petición a un endpoint de la API. Una explotación con éxito podría permitir al atacante conseguir acceso no autorizado a credenciales administrativas que podrían ser usadas en otros ataques

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-11-13 CVE Reserved
2021-09-23 CVE Published
2023-12-15 EPSS Updated
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-256: Plaintext Storage of a Password
CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sd-wan-credentials-ydYfskzZ	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Sd-wan Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Sd-wan"				>= 20.3 < 20.3.4 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Sd-wan" and version " >= 20.3 < 20.3.4"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Sd-wan Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Sd-wan"				>= 20.4 < 20.4.2 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Sd-wan" and version " >= 20.4 < 20.4.2"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Sd-wan Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Sd-wan"				>= 20.5 < 20.5.2 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Sd-wan" and version " >= 20.5 < 20.5.2"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Sd-wan Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Sd-wan"				>= 20.6 < 20.6.1 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Sd-wan" and version " >= 20.6 < 20.6.1"		-		Affected