A high-severity vulnerability affects Cisco Firepower Management Center

Cisco addressed a SQL injection vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software. 

Cisco addressed a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20360 (CVSS score 8.8), in the web-based management interface of the Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software. 

The vulnerability is a SQL injection issue, an attacker can exploit the flaw to obtain any data from the database, execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system, and elevate privileges to root. The attacker can exploit this vulnerability only if it has at least Read Only user credentials.

“A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct SQL injection attacks on an affected system.” reads the advisory. “This vulnerability exists because the web-based management interface does not adequately validate user input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the application and sending crafted SQL queries to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain any data from the database, execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system, and elevate privileges to root. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need at least Read Only user credentials.”

Cisco states that there are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. The IT giant has confirmed that this vulnerability does not affect Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software or Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software.

The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) is not aware attacks in the wild exploiting this vulnerability.

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – hacking, SQL Injection)