Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem Vulnerability

CVE-2022-20939

Summary

A vulnerability exists in the web-based management interface of Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem that may enable an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate their privileges on an affected system. This issue arises from insufficient safeguards surrounding sensitive user data. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker can gain access to specific logs on the system and utilize the gathered information to escalate privileges to the System Admin level. Cisco has issued software updates to address this vulnerability, and no workarounds are available.

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