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Cisco XE: CVE-2021-1435: Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Command Injection Vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 25, 2021
Added
Mar 25, 2021
Modified
Jan 5, 2024

Description

A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands that can be executed as the root user. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the web UI of an affected device with arbitrary commands injected into a portion of the request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user.

Solution

cisco-xe-upgrade-latest
Title
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