CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-20798

Improper Authentication

Published: Jun 15, 2022 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability in the external authentication functionality of Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, formerly known as Cisco Security Management Appliance (SMA), and Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and log in to the web management interface of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper authentication checks when an affected device uses Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) for external authentication. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by entering a specific input on the login page of the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain unauthorized access to the web-based management interface of the affected device.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Email_security_appliance Cisco 14.0 (including) 14.0.1-033 (excluding)
Email_security_appliance Cisco 7.1.5 (including) 7.1.5 (including)
Secure_email_and_web_manager Cisco 13.0 (including) 13.0.0-277 (excluding)
Secure_email_and_web_manager Cisco 13.6 (including) 13.6.2-090 (excluding)
Secure_email_and_web_manager Cisco 13.8 (including) 13.8.1-090 (excluding)
Secure_email_and_web_manager Cisco 14.0 (including) 14.0.0-418 (excluding)
Secure_email_and_web_manager Cisco 14.1 (including) 14.1.0-250 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References