RCE in Cisco Firepower Management Center

CVE-2022-20925

A vulnerability in the web management interface of the Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied parameters for certain API endpoints. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to an affected API endpoint. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device with low system privileges. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid credentials for a user with Device permissions: by default, only Administrators, Security Approvers and Network Admins user accounts have these permissions.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.008 (53.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-20925?
CVE-2022-20925 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2022-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-20925?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.