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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

Published Nov 3, 2022

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.

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Remediation

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References (2)

Change history (0)

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Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED
Assigner cisco
Published Nov 3, 2022
Updated Aug 3, 2024
Reserved Nov 2, 2021

CISA Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026

Red Hat

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ENISA EUVD

Assigner cisco
Published Nov 3, 2022
Updated Aug 3, 2024

GitHub

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