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TI-2021-01300 Aliases CVE-2021-1576GHSA-hmmr-427f-cr3p

Cisco Business Process Automation Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-285Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-285.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Business Process Automation (BPA) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to Administrator. These vulnerabilities are due to improper authorization enforcement for specific features and for access to log files that contain confidential information. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities either by submitting crafted HTTP messages to an affected system and performing unauthorized actions with the privileges of an administrator, or by retrieving sensitive data from the logs and using it to impersonate a legitimate privileged user. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to Administrator.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01091 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
CiscoCisco Business Process Automation (BPA)all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • Cisco Business Process Automation (BPA) VendorCisco Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:business_process_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.1VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:a:cisco:business_process_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.1 Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    Cisco Business Process Automation (BPA) — 20210707 Cisco Business Process Automation Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2021-01298 Cisco Business Process Automation Privilege Escalation VulnerabilitiesPriority MEDIUM 44
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-1576
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hmmr-427f-cr3p

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-01298 Cisco Business Process Automation Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

Sources

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