Input validation error in Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Web Appliance - CVE-2022-20952
Published: October 6, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU67952
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-20952
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the scanning engines. A remote attacker can bypass an explicit block rule and receive traffic that should have been rejected by the device.
Affected software
Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Web Appliance
How to mitigate CVE-2022-20952
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.