A vulnerability in the web management interface of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Secure Web Appliance, formerly Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA), could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a command injection and elevate privileges to root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input for the web interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the system and sending a crafted HTTP packet to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need at least read-only credentials.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.Attention: Simplifying the Cisco portfolio includes the renaming of security products under one brand: Cisco Secure. For more information, see .
History

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cisco asyncos
Cisco secure Web Appliance S196
Cisco secure Web Appliance S396
Cisco secure Web Appliance S696
Cisco secure Web Appliance Virtual S1000v
Cisco secure Web Appliance Virtual S100v
Cisco secure Web Appliance Virtual S300v
Cisco secure Web Appliance Virtual S600v
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_web_appliance_virtual_s1000v:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_web_appliance_virtual_s100v:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_web_appliance_virtual_s300v:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_web_appliance_virtual_s600v:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:secure_web_appliance_s196:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:secure_web_appliance_s396:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:secure_web_appliance_s696:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:12.5.1-011:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:12.5.2-007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:12.5.2-011:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:12.5.3-002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:12.5.4-005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:12.5.4-011:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:14.0.2-012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:14.1.0-032:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:14.1.0-041:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:14.1.0-047:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:14.5.0-498:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Cisco asyncos
Cisco secure Web Appliance S196
Cisco secure Web Appliance S396
Cisco secure Web Appliance S696
Cisco secure Web Appliance Virtual S1000v
Cisco secure Web Appliance Virtual S100v
Cisco secure Web Appliance Virtual S300v
Cisco secure Web Appliance Virtual S600v

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability in the web management interface of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Secure Web Appliance, formerly Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA), could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a command injection and elevate privileges to root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input for the web interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the system and sending a crafted HTTP packet to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need at least read-only credentials.Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.Attention: Simplifying the Cisco portfolio includes the renaming of security products under one brand: Cisco Secure. For more information, see .
Title Cisco Secure Web Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2024-11-15T15:27:14.028Z

Updated: 2024-11-15T15:35:23.825Z

Reserved: 2021-11-02T13:28:29.183Z

Link: CVE-2022-20871

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-11-15T15:35:10.515Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-11-15T16:15:23.757

Modified: 2025-08-11T17:44:07.837

Link: CVE-2022-20871

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