Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-20729 - XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection) vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense

CVSS 7.8 - HIGH

Attack vector

LOCAL

Attack complexity

LOW

Privileges required

LOW

Confidentiality impact

HIGH

Integrity impact

HIGH

Availability impact

HIGH

local

low complexity

cisco

CWE-91

NVD

Published: 2022-05-03

Updated: 2023-11-07

Summary

A vulnerability in CLI of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject XML into the command parser. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input in commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject XML into the command parser, which could result in unexpected processing of the command and unexpected command output.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part	Description	Count
Application	Cisco Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.7.0 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.7.0.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.7.0.2 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.7.0.3 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.0.0 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.0.0.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.0.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 7.0.1.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.5.0 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.5.0.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.5.0.2 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.5.0.3 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.5.0.4 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.5.0.5 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.6.0 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.6.0.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.6.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.6.3 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.6.4 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.6.5 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.6.5.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense - Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 5.3.0 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 5.4.0 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.0 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.0.0 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.0.0.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.0.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.0.1.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.0.1.2 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.0.1.3 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.0.1.4 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.1.0 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.1.0.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.1.0.2 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.1.0.3 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.1.0.4 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.1.0.5 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.1.0.6 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.1.0.7 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.0 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.0.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.0.2 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.0.3 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.0.4 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.0.5 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.0.6 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.2 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.2.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.2.2 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.2.3 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.2.4 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.2.5 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.0 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.2 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.3 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.4 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.5 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.6 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.7 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.8 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.9 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.10 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.11 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.12 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.13 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.14 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.15 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.16 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.17 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.2.3.18 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.3.0 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.3.0.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.3.0.2 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.3.0.3 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.3.0.4 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.3.0.5 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.3.0.6 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.4.0 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.4.0.1 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.4.0.2 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.4.0.3 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.4.0.4 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.4.0.5 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.4.0.6 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.4.0.7 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.4.0.8 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.4.0.9 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.4.0.10 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.4.0.11 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.4.0.12 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.4.0.13 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 6.4.0.14	96

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-91 - XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

XML Injection
An attacker utilizes crafted XML user-controllable input to probe, attack, and inject data into the XML database, using techniques similar to SQL injection. The user-controllable input can allow for unauthorized viewing of data, bypassing authentication or the front-end application for direct XML database access, and possibly altering database information.
XPath Injection
An attacker can craft special user-controllable input consisting of XPath expressions to inject the XML database and bypass authentication or glean information that he normally would not be able to. XPath Injection enables an attacker to talk directly to the XML database, thus bypassing the application completely. XPath Injection results from the failure of an application to properly sanitize input used as part of dynamic XPath expressions used to query an XML database. In order to successfully inject XML and retrieve information from a database, an attacker:

References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ftd-xmlinj-8GWjGzKe