CVE-2022-20693

Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI API Injection Vulnerability

MEDIUM 4.7

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 1.60 % · percentile 76 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
cisco
NVD status
Modified

Description

A vulnerability in the web UI feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform an injection attack against an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the web UI API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject commands to the underlying operating system with root privileges.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements (Injection)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lcisco
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LNVD · psirt@cisco.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:CNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Cisco · Cisco IOS XE Softwareaffected n/a

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD