CVE-2024-20429

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Email Gateway could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on an affected device

Severity
Medium 6.5
CVSS 3.1
Remote, needs privileges or user interaction what this means
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.006
47.7th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Vendor-published field
Published
Jul 17, 2024
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Email Gateway could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation in certain portions of the web-based management interface. 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. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need at least valid Operator credentials.

Weakness: CWE-74

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco Secure Email Gateway Email Security cna-assigner
Vendor-reported products (2)
  • Cisco · Cisco Secure Email
  • cisco · secure_email

Vendor advisory

cisco-sa-esa-priv-esc-ssti-xNO2EOGZ

Cisco Secure Email Gateway Server-Side Template Injection Vulnerability

Cisco’s rating: Medium (advisory CVSS 6.5) · Published Jul 17, 2024

Bug ID: CSCwf61949

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