CVE-2022-20867 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-20867

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Secure Email
Weakness CWE-89 · SQLi
Published November 3, 2022
Last update November 20, 2024

CVSS base score

5.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in web-based management interface of the of Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct SQL injection attacks as root on an affected system. The attacker must have the credentials of a high-privileged user account. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-submitted parameters. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the application and sending malicious requests to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain data or modify data that is stored in the underlying database of the affected system.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 3, 2022 CVE published
November 20, 2024 Record updated

Related vulnerabilities

04Related CVE