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CVE-2022-20868

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. 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.

Published

2022-11-04T18:15:10.983

Last Modified

2024-11-21T06:43:43.140

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 4.7 (MEDIUM)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-321
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-798
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System cisco asyncos < 14.2.1 Yes
Hardware cisco secure_email_gateway - No
Operating System cisco asyncos < 14.2.0 Yes
Hardware cisco secure_email_and_web_manager - No
Operating System cisco asyncos < 12.5.5 Yes
Operating System cisco asyncos < 14.0.4 Yes
Operating System cisco asyncos 14.5 Yes
Hardware cisco secure_web_appliance - No
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