CVE-2021-1303 Cisco DNA Center Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

What is CVE-2021-1303?

CVE-2021-1303 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center (DNA Center), published on 20 Jan 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the user management roles of Cisco DNA Center could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute unauthorized commands on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper enforcement of actions for assigned user roles. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating as a user with an Observer role and executing commands on the affected device. A successful exploit could allow a user with the Observer role to execute commands to view diagnostic information of the devices that Cisco DNA Center manages.

Weakness: CWE-266

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1303?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Catalyst Center.

How do I fix CVE-2021-1303?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1303 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-1303 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1303 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center (DNA Center)

• CVE-2021-1264 Cisco DNA Center Command Runner Command Injection Vulnerability Critical 9.6
• CVE-2023-20055 Cisco DNA Center Privilege Escalation Vulnerability High 8.0
• CVE-2021-1265 Cisco DNA Center Information Disclosure Vulnerability High 7.7
• CVE-2026-20191 Cisco Catalyst Center Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability High 7.5
• CVE-2024-20350 Cisco Catalyst Center Static SSH Host Key Vulnerability High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-c27c-3q9w-fj4p.