What is CVE-2021-34748?

CVE-2021-34748 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2021-34748?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

RCE in Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance

CVE-2021-34748

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a command injection attack on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the web-based management interface to execute a command using crafted input. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands using root-level privileges on an affected device.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.028 (84.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance — versions n/a
Cisco Intersight_virtual_appliance

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-34748?: CVE-2021-34748 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2021-34748?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.