CVE-2022-20798

Summary

CVE	CVE-2022-20798
State	PUBLIC
Assigner	[email protected]
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2022-06-15 18:15:00 UTC
Updated	2023-11-07 03:42:00 UTC
Description	A vulnerability in the external authentication functionality of Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, formerly known as Cisco Security Management Appliance (SMA), and Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and log in to the web management interface of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper authentication checks when an affected device uses Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) for external authentication. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by entering a specific input on the login page of the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain unauthorized access to the web-based management interface of the affected device.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Cisco	Email Security Appliance	All	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Email Security Appliance	7.1.5	All	All	All
Application	Cisco	Secure Email And Web Manager	All	All	All	All

References

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
20220615 Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager External Authentication Bypass Vulnerability	CISCO	tools.cisco.com
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.

Legacy QID Mappings

317198 Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager External Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (cisco-sa-sma-esa-auth-bypass-66kEcxQD)