Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.9.11/6.10.6 Web-based Management Interface sql injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.9.11/6.10.6 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Web-based Management Interface. This manipulation causes sql injection. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-23696. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.9.11/6.10.6 (Policy Management Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of ClearPass Policy Manager could allow an authenticated remote attacker to conduct SQL injection attacks against the ClearPass Policy Manager instance. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to obtain and modify sensitive information in the underlying database potentially leading to complete compromise of the ClearPass Policy Manager cluster in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): 6.10.x: 6.10.6 and below; 6.9.x: 6.9.11 and below. Aruba has released upgrades for Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager that address these security vulnerabilities.

The weakness was released 09/21/2022 as ARUBA-PSA-2022-013. It is possible to read the advisory at arubanetworks.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-23696 since 01/19/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/28/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Policy Management Software

Vendor

• Aruba

Name

• ClearPass Policy Manager

Version

• 6.9.0
• 6.9.1
• 6.9.2
• 6.9.3
• 6.9.4
• 6.9.5
• 6.9.6
• 6.9.7
• 6.9.8
• 6.9.9
• 6.9.10
• 6.9.11
• 6.10.0
• 6.10.1
• 6.10.2
• 6.10.3
• 6.10.4
• 6.10.5
• 6.10.6

License

• commercial

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