Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager Remote Command Execution Vulnerability (Cisco Cisco Secure Email)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 32.39 % · percentile 98 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- cisco
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
A vulnerability in the Spam Quarantine feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on an affected device with root privileges. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of HTTP requests by the Spam Quarantine feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | cisco |
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · psirt@cisco.com (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-203911
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-20393
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1120 — Vulnérabilité dans les produits Cisco · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 15.0.5-016cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 15.5 < 15.5.4-012cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 16.0 < 16.0.4-016cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 15.0.2-007cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 15.5 < 15.5.4-007cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 16.0 < 16.0.4-010
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Cisco · Cisco Secure Email | affected 14.0.0-698 ; affected 13.5.1-277 ; affected 13.0.0-392 ; affected 14.2.0-620 ; affected 13.0.5-007 ; affected 13.5.4-038 |
| Cisco · Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager | affected 13.6.2-023 ; affected 13.6.2-078 ; affected 13.0.0-249 ; affected 13.0.0-277 ; affected 13.8.1-052 ; affected 13.8.1-068 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities | CC0 1.0 |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |