Unified Customer Voice PortalApplication · Cisco
CVE-2013-1225
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCisco Unified Customer Voice Portal (CVP) Software before 9.0.1 ES 11 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a Resource Manager (1) HTTP or (2) HTTPS request containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, aka Bug ID CSCub38366.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceXML External Entity (XXE) injection vulnerability in Cisco CVP Resource Manager allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by crafting XML requests with malicious external entity declarations. The vulnerability exists in both HTTP and HTTPS endpoints of the Resource Manager component.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Unified Customer Voice PortalApplication
<= 9.0\(1\)= 3.0= 3.6\(10\)= 4.0= 4.0\(2\)= 4.1= 7.0= 7.0\(2\)= 8.0\(1\)= 8.5\(1\)= 9.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Complete
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Cisco CVP installationLocate the Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal installation directory or check system inventory for CVP componentsAffected if Cisco CVP Resource Manager component is installed on the system
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Determine CVP versionUse the CVP administrative interface, check installed packages, or query the Resource Manager service version endpoint if availableAffected if The installed version matches any of: 3.0, 3.6(10), 4.0, 4.0(2), 4.1, 7.0, 7.0(2), 8.0(1), 8.5(1), 9.0, or any version <= 9.0(1)
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Verify Resource Manager HTTP endpoint is exposedAttempt to access the Resource Manager HTTP service endpoint (typically port 8080 or 8000) via curl or browserAffected if The HTTP endpoint responds to requests, indicating Resource Manager is network-accessible
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Verify Resource Manager HTTPS endpoint is exposedAttempt to access the Resource Manager HTTPS service endpoint (typically port 8443) via curl or browserAffected if The HTTPS endpoint responds to requests, indicating Resource Manager is network-accessible
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Confirm XML requests are acceptedSend a test XML request to the Resource Manager endpoint to verify it processes XML inputAffected if The endpoint accepts and processes XML requests without rejecting external entity declarations
If Cisco CVP with Resource Manager is installed and the version falls within 3.0 through 9.0(1), and the HTTP/HTTPS endpoints are accessible, the environment is vulnerable to XXE injection via crafted XML requests.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply Cisco CVP software version 9.0.1 ES 11 or later which patches this XXE vulnerability. As interim mitigation, restrict network access to the Resource Manager service and implement XML input validation to block external entity declarations.
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