Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.9.12/6.10.7 Web-based Management Interface command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.9.12/6.10.7. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. Performing a manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-43538. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager up to 6.9.12/6.10.7 (Policy Management Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerabilities in the ClearPass Policy Manager web-based management interface allow remote authenticated users to run arbitrary commands on the underlying host. Successful exploits could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating system leading to complete system compromise in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): ClearPass Policy Manager 6.10.x: 6.10.7 and below and ClearPass Policy Manager 6.9.x: 6.9.12 and below.

The weakness was published 01/05/2023 as ARUBA-PSA-2022-020. It is possible to read the advisory at arubanetworks.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-43538 since 10/20/2022. 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 01/05/2023). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 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
• 6.9.12
• 6.10.0
• 6.10.1
• 6.10.2
• 6.10.3
• 6.10.4
• 6.10.5
• 6.10.6
• 6.10.7

License

• commercial

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