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Cisco Secure Web Appliance Privilege Escalation (cisco-sa-esasmawsa-vulns-YRuSW5mD)
high Nessus Plugin ID 166912
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.Description
According to its self-reported version, Cisco Secure Web Appliance is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability thathat could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to the use of a hard-coded value to encrypt a token that is used for certain API calls. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected device and sending a crafted HTTP request.Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCwc12185 and CSCwc12186See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 166912
File Name: cisco-sa-wsa-privesc-YRuSW5mD.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: combined
Family: CISCO
Published: 11/3/2022
Updated: 9/21/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-20868
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/h:cisco:web_security_appliance, cpe:/a:cisco:web_security_appliance, cpe:/o:cisco:web_security_appliance, cpe:/o:cisco:asyncos
Required KB Items: Host/AsyncOS/Cisco Web Security Appliance/DisplayVersion, Host/AsyncOS/Cisco Web Security Appliance/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-20868