Vulnerability · Published Jul 17, 2024 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2024-20429
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity injection in Cisco Secure Email from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 11.0.3-23811.1.0-06911.1.0-13111.1.0-12812.0.0-41912.1.0-07112.1.0-08712.1.0-089 |
Weakness: CWE-74 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N