Cisco Prime Infrastructure Web-based Management Interface path traversal

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Summary
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Evolved Programmable Network Manager. Affected is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-20130. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Evolved Programmable Network Manager (Network Management Software) (version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-27. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize multiple internal "../" sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager (EPNM) could allow a remote attacker to obtain privileged information and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) and cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.
The weakness was disclosed 04/06/2023 as cisco-sa-pi-epnm-eRPWAXLe. The advisory is shared for download at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-20130 since 10/27/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-24309). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.
Product
Type
Vendor
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploiting
Class: Path traversalCWE: CWE-27 / CWE-23 / CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/27/2022 🔍04/06/2023 🔍
04/06/2023 🔍
08/24/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-pi-epnm-eRPWAXLe
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2023-20130 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-20130
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-225092
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Entry
Created: 04/06/2023 13:31Updated: 08/24/2025 18:13
Changes: 04/06/2023 13:31 (48), 04/06/2023 13:32 (1), 04/23/2023 10:22 (11), 08/24/2025 18:13 (16)
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