Improper access control in Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Web Appliance - CVE-2023-20215
Published: August 3, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU78898
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-2023-20215
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.
The vulnerability exists due to improper detection of malicious traffic when the traffic is encoded with a specific content format. 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-2023-20215
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.