CVE-2020-3140

Cisco Prime License Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 16, 2020 at 05:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPrime License Manager

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the web management interface of Cisco Prime License Manager (PLM) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user input on the web management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a malicious request to an affected system. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain administrative-level privileges on the system. The attacker needs a valid username to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 10.5(2)su911.0 ≤ v ≤ 11.5(1)su6

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-255CWE-863

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