# CVE-2020-3450: Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director SQL Injection Vulnerability

> An authenticated administrator can exploit SQL injection in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director to read sensitive database data, including hashed credentials.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jul 2020
- **Updated:** 13 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fjvc-pwrq-34wq

## What is CVE-2020-3450?

CVE-2020-3450 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director, published on 16 Jul 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative credentials to conduct SQL injection attacks on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-submitted parameters. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the web-based management interface and sending malicious requests to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain data that is stored in the underlying database, including hashed user credentials. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid administrative credentials.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3450?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-3450?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3450 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-3450 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3450 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director

- [CVE-2019-1917](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1917/): Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director REST API Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-3598](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3598/): Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Missing Authentication Vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2019-16004](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-16004/): Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2020-3485](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3485/): Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Role-Based Access Control Vulnerability (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2021-34742](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34742/): Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-3450 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-3450 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director, published on 16 Jul 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3450 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3450/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3450/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3450
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3450
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-3450

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