Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager security bypass | CVE-2022-20798
NAME
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager security bypass
- Platforms Affected:
Cisco Email Security Appliance - Risk Level:
9.8 - Exploitability:
Unproven - Consequences:
Bypass Security
DESCRIPTION
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper authentication checks in the external authentication functionality. By entering a specific input on the login page, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication and log in to the web management interface of an affected device.
CVSS 3.0 Information
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Access Vector: Network
- Access Complexity: Low
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: High
- Availability Impact: High
- Remediation Level: Official Fix
MITIGATION
Refer to Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-sma-esa-auth-bypass-66kEcxQD for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
- Reference Link:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sma-esa-auth-bypass-66kEcxQD - Reference Link:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-20798
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