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Plain-English summary
CVE-2020-3184 is a SQL injection flaw in Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning's web management interface. An attacker needs valid administrative credentials, but successful abuse could expose, change, or delete database information. The source bundle does not identify affected versions or confirm active exploitation.
Executive priority
Handle as a controlled remediation item, not an emergency by default. Escalate priority if the platform is internet-accessible, administrative credentials may be compromised, or logs show suspicious management activity.
Technical view
The issue is CWE-89 improper input validation in specific SQL queries exposed through the web-based management interface. CVSS 3.0 is 6.7 with network access, low complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, high confidentiality and availability impact, and low integrity impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning with reachable web management access. Risk rises if administrative accounts are shared, weakly protected, or compromised. The source bundle lists affected versions as not available.
Exploitation context
The attacker must authenticate with valid administrative credentials and send malicious requests to the affected application. There is no KEV listing and no provided source evidence of active exploitation.
Researcher notes
Evidence supports authenticated SQL injection only; do not assume unauthenticated exploitation. The source bundle lacks affected version and fix details, so validation depends on Cisco advisory review and local asset data.
Mitigation direction
- Review Cisco's advisory for affected releases, fixed software, and official workarounds.
- Limit web management access to trusted administrator networks or VPN paths.
- Audit and tighten administrative account access for Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning.
- Prioritize remediation if the management interface is broadly reachable.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning deployments and exposed management interfaces.
- Compare deployed versions against Cisco advisory guidance when available.
- Review administrative account activity for unusual management interface requests.
- Inspect application or database audit logs for unauthorized reads, changes, or deletes.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.7 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H1.25.5Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
6.7MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- 20200520 Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Software SQL Injection VulnerabilityCVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
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