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Severity
High
Analysis Summary
The vulnerability is due to improper validation of API requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the REST API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary actions through the REST API with administrative privileges on an affected system.
This vulnerability affects when the REST API is enabled. The REST API is not enabled by default.
Impact
- Bypass authentication
- Administrative privileges
Affected Vendors
Oracle
Affected Products
- Cisco Elastic Services Controller 4.1
- Cisco Elastic Services Controller 4.2
- Cisco Elastic Services Controller 4.3
- Cisco Elastic Services Controller 4.4
Remediation
Update to fixed Cisco Elastic Services Controller version 4.5.