CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-1516

Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Source Code

Published: May 06, 2021 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA), Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA), and Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information on an affected device. The vulnerability exists because confidential information is included in HTTP requests that are exchanged between the user and the device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by looking at the raw HTTP requests that are sent to the interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain some of the passwords that are configured throughout the interface.

Weakness

Source code on a web server or repository often contains sensitive information and should generally not be accessible to users.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Content_security_management_appliance Cisco - (including) - (including)
Email_security_appliance Cisco - (including) - (including)
Web_security_appliance Cisco - (including) - (including)

Potential Mitigations

References