CVE-2024-20429

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Email Gateway could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on an affected device

Severity
Medium 6.5
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.006
46.1th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Published by the vendor
Published
Jul 17, 2024
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Email Gateway could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation in certain portions of the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need at least valid Operator credentials.

Weakness: CWE-74

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco Secure Email Gateway Email Security cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (2)
  • Cisco · Cisco Secure Email
  • cisco · secure_email