Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2020-3193 lets an unauthenticated remote user learn unnecessary server details from Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning's web management interface. The disclosed data can include operating system and web server version information. This is not described as direct takeover, but it can support follow-on targeting.
Executive priority
Treat as a moderate hardening issue. It should be addressed promptly on exposed management systems, especially internet-facing ones, but it is lower urgency than vulnerabilities enabling code execution, authentication bypass, or service outage.
Technical view
The issue is CWE-200 information disclosure in the web-based management interface. Responses include unnecessary server information. CVSS 3.0 is 5.3: network exploitable, low complexity, no privileges or user interaction, low confidentiality impact, no integrity or availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning with its web management interface reachable by untrusted networks. The source bundle does not specify affected versions.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not report active exploitation, and the CVE is not marked in KEV. Exploitation is described as inspecting management-interface replies, producing reconnaissance value rather than direct system compromise.
Researcher notes
Evidence is narrow but consistent: Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning leaks server metadata from management-interface replies. The bundle does not provide affected version ranges, exploit activity, or specific fixed releases. Avoid claiming compromise impact beyond reconnaissance support.
Mitigation direction
- Check Cisco advisory and support channels for affected-version and fixed-release guidance.
- Restrict Prime Collaboration Provisioning management access to trusted administrative networks.
- Place management access behind VPN, firewall rules, or equivalent access controls.
- Review whether response headers or banners can be minimized through supported configuration.
- Prioritize remediation where the management interface is internet-accessible.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning deployments and management interface locations.
- Confirm whether any management interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
- Review responses for exposed operating system or web server version details.
- Check security logs for unauthenticated probing of the management interface.
- Record product versions because the source bundle lists versions as unspecified.
Public sources used
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CWE-200: Information exposure and cloud metadata lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.3 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N3.91.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
5.3MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- 20200304 Cisco Prime Collaboration Provisioning Information Disclosure VulnerabilityCVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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