Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2022 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2022-20693Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI API Injection Vulnerability

Medium 4.7

In plain English

A medium-severity injection in Cisco IOS XE Software from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.7Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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 inject commands to the underlying operating system with root privileges.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco IOS XE Software	n/a

Weakness: CWE-74 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

20220413 Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI API Injection Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO