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CVE-2022-20942

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA), Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, and Cisco Secure Web Applian…

Impact

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA), Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, and Cisco Secure Web Appliance, formerly known as Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA), could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to retrieve sensitive information from an affected device, including user credentials. This vulnerability is due to weak enforcement of back-end authorization checks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain confidential data that is stored on the affected device.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
CiscoAsyncos
before 14.2.1-015
from 14.3.0 before 14.3.0-023
before 14.2.0-217
from 14.3.0 before 14.3.0-115
before 12.0.5-011
from 12.5 before 12.5.4-005

Weakness classification

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