Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2021-1443

A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the affected software improperly sanitizes values that are parsed from a specific configuration file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tampering with a specific configuration file and then sending an API call. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject arbitrary code that would be executed on the underlying operating system of the affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have a privileged set of credentials to the device.

  • Published: Mar 24, 2021
  • Updated: Apr 14, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2021-1443
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 8.5
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

OWASP TOP 10:

Software From Fixed in
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.1 16.9.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.1s 16.9.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.1c 16.9.1c.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.1b 16.9.1b.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.1d 16.9.1d.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1 16.10.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.1a 16.9.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.2a 16.9.2a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.2 16.9.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1 16.12.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.11.1 16.11.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.1.1 17.1.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.11.1a 16.11.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1c 16.12.1c.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1t 16.12.1t.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.11.2 16.11.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1s 16.12.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1a 16.12.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1x 16.12.1x.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.11.1c 16.11.1c.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.11.1b 16.11.1b.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.11.1s 16.11.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1w 16.12.1w.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1s 16.10.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1d 16.10.1d.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.2s 16.9.2s.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.3h 16.9.3h.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.3a 16.9.3a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1a 16.10.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1f 16.10.1f.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1g 16.10.1g.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.2 16.10.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.3 16.9.3.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1y 16.12.1y.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1e 16.10.1e.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1b 16.10.1b.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.3s 16.9.3s.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.1c 16.10.1c.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.4 16.9.4.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.2 16.12.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.4c 16.9.4c.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.2a 16.12.2a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.10.3 16.10.3.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.5 16.9.5.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.9.5f 16.9.5f.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.3 16.12.3.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.2.1 17.2.1.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.1.1s 17.1.1s.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.2t 16.12.2t.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.1.1a 17.1.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.2s 16.12.2s.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.3a 16.12.3a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.1.1t 17.1.1t.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.2.1a 17.2.1a.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.2.1v 17.2.1v.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1z 16.12.1z.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.3s 16.12.3s.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.2.1r 17.2.1r.x
cisco / ios_xe 17.1.2 17.1.2.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1za 16.12.1za.x
cisco / ios_xe 16.12.1z1 16.12.1z1.x