Vulnerability · Published Sep 30, 2022 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2022-20851Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Command Injection Vulnerability

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity command 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 1.1% (higher than 66% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 34.0% 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 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 products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco IOS XE Software	n/a

Weakness: CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

References

20220928 Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Command Injection Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO