CVE-2020-3546 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-3546: Cisco Email Security Appliance Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA)
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published September 4, 2020
Last update November 13, 2024

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of requests that are sent to the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain the IP addresses that are configured on the internal interfaces of the affected device. There is a workaround that addresses this vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 4, 2020 CVE published
November 13, 2024 Record updated