Vulnerability · Published May 3, 2022 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2022-20729Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software XML Injection Vulnerability

Medium 4.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Cisco Firepower Threat Defense 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 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in CLI of Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject XML into the command parser. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted input in commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject XML into the command parser, which could result in unexpected processing of the command and unexpected command output.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software	n/a

Weakness: CWE-91 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

20220427 Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Software XML Injection Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO