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CVE-2018-0218 — A vulnerability in the web-based user interface of the Cisco Secure Access Contr

A vulnerability in the web-based user interface of the Cisco Secure Access Control Server prior to 5.8 patch 9 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain read access to certain information in the affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of XML E

CVSS
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EPSS
0.46% (top 36.10%)
CWE
CWE-200
Published
2018-03-08T07:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-12-02T20:57:22.778Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability in the web-based user interface of the Cisco Secure Access Control Server prior to 5.8 patch 9 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain read access to certain information in the affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of XML External Entities (XXEs) when parsing an XML file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing the…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / Cisco Secure Access Control ServerCisco Secure Access Control Server

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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