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CVE-2022-20868

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Publication date:
04/11/2022
Last modified:
25/01/2024

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Email Security Appliance, Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager and Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges on an affected system. The attacker needs valid credentials to exploit this vulnerability. <br /> <br /> This vulnerability is due to the use of a hardcoded value to encrypt a token used for certain APIs calls . An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the device and sending a crafted HTTP request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to impersonate another valid user and execute commands with the privileges of that user account.<br />

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 13.0 (including) 14.2.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:secure_email_gateway:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 12.0 (including) 14.2.0 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:secure_email_and_web_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 11.8 (including) 12.5.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 14.0 (including) 14.0.4 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:14.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:secure_web_appliance:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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