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.

EPSS: 0.007 (52.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

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.