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Improper Access Control

CVE-2020-26080

Medium
4.1/10

Summary

A vulnerability in the user management functionality of Cisco IoT Field Network Director (FND) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to manage user information for users in different domains on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper domain access control. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by manipulating JSON payloads to target different domains on an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to manage user information for users in different domains on an affected system.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published