Cisco Slido Insecure Direct Object Reference Vulnerability

Overview

Please be advised that Cisco announced the following medium impact security vulnerability.

A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Slido could have allowed an authenticated, remote attacker to access the social profile data of other users or affect quiz and poll results. Cisco has addressed this vulnerability in Cisco Slido and no customer action is needed.

This vulnerability existed because of the presence of an insecure direct object reference. Prior to this vulnerability being addressed, an attacker could have exploited this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the vulnerable API endpoint. A successful exploit could have allowed the attacker to view the social profiles of other users or affect quiz and poll results.

As mentioned, Cisco has addressed this vulnerability in the Slido service, and no customer action is necessary to update on-premises software or devices. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Full description of the vulnerability is available on the following link:

Cisco Slido Insecure Direct Object Reference Vulnerability

Impact description

Affected Products

 

  • Vulnerable products

This vulnerability affects Cisco Slido, which is cloud based.

  • Fixed Software

Customers who need additional information are advised to contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) or their contracted maintenance providers.

 

 

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