FinesseApplication · Cisco
CVE-2015-0754
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 Finesse 10.5(1) allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted XML document, aka Bug ID CSCut95810.
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 confidenceCisco Finesse 10.5(1) contains a vulnerability where remote authenticated users can send crafted XML documents to trigger either sensitive information disclosure or denial of service through excessive CPU and memory consumption.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
FinesseApplication
= 10.5\(1\)_baseCVSS 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
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Complete
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:C
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 Finesse versionCheck the installed Cisco Finesse version via the admin console under System > Configuration, or run 'finesse -version' if CLI access is availableAffected if Version is exactly 10.5(1)_base (the only affected version per this CVE)
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Verify authentication is required for XML API accessConfirm that the Cisco Finesse REST API or XML API requires valid credentials. Check under Administration > Users in the Finesse admin consoleAffected if The XML API endpoints are accessible without authentication or to low-privilege authenticated users, enabling remote authenticated attackers to exploit the flaw
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Assess network exposure of Finesse XML servicesReview firewall rules and access lists to determine if the Finesse web interface (typically ports 443 or 8443) is reachable from untrusted networksAffected if The Finesse web interface is exposed to network segments containing untrusted or unauthenticated users
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Look for signs of excessive resource consumptionMonitor Cisco Finesse server CPU and memory usage. Check for unusually high Java heap usage or Apache HTTP worker processes consuming excessive resourcesAffected if The Finesse server shows sustained high CPU or memory usage possibly indicating exploitation of the XML parsing vulnerability
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Review Finesse audit logs for XML-related anomaliesExamine Finesse logs under /var/log/active/collaboration/ or via the admin logs for repeated XML API requests with large payloads or malformed XML documentsAffected if Audit logs show suspicious XML document submissions from authenticated users that may indicate exploitation attempts
A user is affected if Cisco Finesse version 10.5(1)_base is running with its XML API accessible to authenticated remote attackers on the network.
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 the relevant Cisco patch for bug ID CSCut95810 to upgrade Finesse. Implement strict role-based access controls and network segmentation to limit exposure to authenticated attackers.
Fix this in Finesse
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2015-0754 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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