CVE-2021-40126: cisco cisco umbrella insights virtual appliance

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-40126 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in cisco cisco umbrella insights virtual appliance. EPSS estimates a 0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 04-11-2021
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-11-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based dashboard of Cisco Umbrella could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform an email enumeration attack against the Umbrella infrastructure. This vulnerability is due to an overly descriptive error message on the dashboard that appears when a user attempts to modify their email address when the new address already exists in the system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to modify the user's email address. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to enumerate email addresses of users in the system.

• CWE-210Self-generated Error Message Containing Sensitive InformationThe product identifies an error condition and creates its own diagnostic or error messages that contain sensitive information.
• CWE-209Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive InformationThe product generates an error message that includes sensitive information about its environment, users, or associated data.