CVE-2022-20693

Summary

CVECVE-2022-20693
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-04-15 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:42:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the web UI feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform an injection attack against an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the web UI API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject commands to the underlying operating system with root privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1t All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1w All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1x All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1y All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1z All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1z1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.1z2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.2a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.2s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.2t All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.3a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.3s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.4a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.5 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.5a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.5b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.6 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 16.12.6a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.1s All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.1t All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.1.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.1r All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.1v All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.2.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.1w All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.1x All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.1z All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.2a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.3 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.3a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.4 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.4a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.4b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.3.4c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.4.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.4.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.4.1b All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.4.1c All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.4.2 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.4.2a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.5.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.5.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.6.1 All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.6.1a All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 17.6.1w All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.15.1xbs All All All
Operating System Cisco Ios Xe 3.15.2xbs All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
20220413 Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI API Injection Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 317158 Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) XE Software Web UI API Injection Vulnerability (cisco-sa-webuiapi-inj-Nyrq92Od)
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