CVE-2021-1359

Cisco Web Security Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
6.3 Medium
Published
Jul 8, 2021
Updated
Nov 7, 2024
Reserved
Nov 13, 2020

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Description

A vulnerability in the configuration management of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection and elevate privileges to root. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input for the web interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading crafted XML configuration files that contain scripting code to a vulnerable device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. An attacker would need a valid user account with the rights to upload configuration files to exploit this vulnerability.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lcisco

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA)Cisco
  • n/aAffected

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