Vulnerability in Cisco Asyncos
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.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (54.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Asyncos — versions 14.5
- Cisco Secure Email — versions 13.0.0-392, 13.5.1-277, 14.0.0-698
- Cisco Secure Email And Web Manager — versions 12.0.0-452, 12.0.1-011, 12.5.0-636
- Cisco Secure Web Appliance — versions 11.8.0-414, 11.8.1-023, 11.8.3-018
- Cisco Secure Email And Web Manager
- Cisco Secure Email Gateway
- Cisco Secure Web Appliance
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-20868?
- CVE-2022-20868 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asyncos, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2022-11-04.
- How severe is CVE-2022-20868?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.