CVE-2022-20868

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-20868
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-11-04 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-25 17:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-798

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cisco Asyncos All All All All
Operating System Cisco Asyncos 14.5 All All All
Hardware Cisco Secure Email And Web Manager - All All All
Hardware Cisco Secure Email Gateway - All All All
Hardware Cisco Secure Web Appliance - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Email Security Appliance, Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, and Cisco Secure Web Appliance Next Generation Management Vulnerabilities sec.cloudapps.cisco.com
tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esasma... MISC tools.cisco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 317255 Cisco ESA and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager Next Generation Management SQL Injection Vulnerability (cisco-sa-esasmawsa-vulns-YRuSW5mD)
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