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CVE-2022-20868

MEDIUM
Published 2022-11-03T19:29:31.722Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
4.7
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.196
Higher than 19.6% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW

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.

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Cisco

Cisco Secure Web Appliance

Affected Versions:

11.8.0-414 11.8.1-023 11.8.3-018 11.8.3-021 12.0.1-268 12.0.3-007 12.5.2-007 12.5.1-011 12.5.4-005 14.5.0-498 14.0.2-012
Cisco

Cisco Secure Email

Affected Versions:

13.0.0-392 13.5.1-277 14.0.0-698 14.2.0-620
Cisco

Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager

Affected Versions:

12.0.0-452 12.0.1-011 12.5.0-636 12.5.0-658 12.5.0-678 12.5.0-670 13.0.0-277 13.6.2-078 13.8.1-068 13.8.1-074 12.8.1-002 14.0.0-404 14.1.0-223 14.1.0-227

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-24wm-cqx7-gv2j

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-20868
WEB https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esasmawsa-vulns-YRuSW5mD
WEB https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esasmawsa-vulns-YRuSW5mD

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: November 4, 2022, Modified: November 8, 2022

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esasmawsa-vulns-YRuSW5mD
Published: 2022-11-03T19:29:31.722Z
Last Modified: 2024-08-03T02:24:50.239Z
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