CVE-2021-1267
MEDIUMCisco Secure Firewall Management Center < 6.6.1 - Authenticated Denial of Service via XML Entity Expansion
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the dashboard widget of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper restrictions on XML entities. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting an XML-based widget on an affected server. A successful exploit could cause increased memory and CPU utilization, which could result in a DoS condition.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fmc-xee-DFzARDcs
Scores
CVSS v3
4.3
EPSS
0.0101
EPSS Percentile
58.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-776
Status
published
Products (1)
cisco/secure_firewall_management_center
< 6.6.1
Published
Jan 13, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026