Cisco NDFC OOB PnP File Read via Unauth Web Provisioning
CVE-2024-20348 Published on April 3, 2024
A vulnerability in the Out-of-Band (OOB) Plug and Play (PnP) feature of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read arbitrary files. This vulnerability is due to an unauthenticated provisioning web server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability through direct web requests to the provisioning server. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read sensitive files in the PnP container that could facilitate further attacks on the PnP infrastructure.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-20348 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
Path Traversal: 'dir/../../filename'
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize multiple internal "../" sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-20348
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Affected Versions
Cisco Data Center Network Manager Version 12.1.3b is affected by CVE-2024-20348Exploit Probability
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