CVE-2022-20851

published 2022-09-30

CVE-2022-20851: A vulnerability in the web UI feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform an injection attack against an affected…

Priority P3 47 high 7.2 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR H UI N S U C H I H A H

A vulnerability in the web UI feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform an injection attack against an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the web UI API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have valid Administrator privileges on the affected device.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
cisco	cisco_ios_xe_software	—	—
cisco	ios_xe	—	—
cisco	ios_xe	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.2 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

vendor_cisco 5.5 MEDIUM

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