A vulnerability in AsyncOS for the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to log in to the device with the privileges of a limited user or an unauthenticated, remote attacker to authenticate to certain areas of the web GUI, aka a Static Credentials Vulnerability. Affected Products: virtual and hardware versions of Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA). More Information: CSCve06124. Known Affected Releases: 10.1.0-204. Known Fixed Releases: 10.5.1-270.
The product initializes or sets a resource with a default that is intended to be changed by the administrator, but the default is not secure.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web_security_appliance | Cisco | 10.0.0-232 (including) | 10.0.0-232 (including) |
| Web_security_appliance | Cisco | 10.0.0-233 (including) | 10.0.0-233 (including) |
| Web_security_appliance | Cisco | 10.0_base (including) | 10.0_base (including) |
| Web_security_appliance | Cisco | 10.1.0 (including) | 10.1.0 (including) |
| Web_security_appliance | Cisco | 10.1.0-204 (including) | 10.1.0-204 (including) |
| Web_security_appliance | Cisco | 10.1.1-230 (including) | 10.1.1-230 (including) |
| Web_security_appliance | Cisco | 10.1.1-234 (including) | 10.1.1-234 (including) |
| Web_security_appliance | Cisco | 10.1.1-235 (including) | 10.1.1-235 (including) |
| Web_security_appliance | Cisco | 10.5.0 (including) | 10.5.0 (including) |
| Web_security_appliance | Cisco | 10.5.0-358 (including) | 10.5.0-358 (including) |
| Web_security_virtual_appliance | Cisco | 10.0.0 (including) | 10.0.0 (including) |
| Web_security_virtual_appliance | Cisco | 10.0_base (including) | 10.0_base (including) |
| Web_security_virtual_appliance | Cisco | 10.1.0 (including) | 10.1.0 (including) |
| Web_security_virtual_appliance | Cisco | 10.1.1 (including) | 10.1.1 (including) |
| Web_security_virtual_appliance | Cisco | 10.1_base (including) | 10.1_base (including) |
| Web_security_virtual_appliance | Cisco | 10.5.1 (including) | 10.5.1 (including) |
| Web_security_virtual_appliance | Cisco | 10.5_base (including) | 10.5_base (including) |
Developers often choose default values that leave the product as open and easy to use as possible out-of-the-box, under the assumption that the administrator can (or should) change the default value. However, this ease-of-use comes at a cost when the default is insecure and the administrator does not change it.