CVE-2022-20952 (GCVE-0-2022-20952)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-16 15:27 – Updated: 2024-08-03 02:31
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability in the scanning engines of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Web Appliance, formerly known as Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA), could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured rule, thereby allowing traffic onto a network that should have been blocked. This vulnerability exists because malformed, encoded traffic is not properly detected. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting through an affected device to a malicious server and receiving malformed HTTP responses. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass an explicit block rule and receive traffic that should have been rejected by the device.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Cisco Cisco Secure Web Appliance Affected: 11.8.0-414
Affected: 11.8.1-023
Affected: 11.8.3-018
Affected: 11.8.3-021
Affected: 12.0.1-268
Affected: 12.0.3-007
Affected: 12.5.2-007
Affected: 12.5.1-011
Affected: 12.5.4-005
Affected: 12.5.5-004
Affected: 14.5.0-498
Affected: 14.0.3-014
Affected: 14.0.2-012
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