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Cisco Web Security Appliance Administrative Interface Access Control Bypass Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
A vulnerability in the web proxy functionality of the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to forward traffic from the web proxy interface of an affected device to the administrative management interface of an affected device.
Insight
Insight
The vulnerability exists because the affected software fails to deny traffic that is forwarded from the web proxy interface to the administrative management interface of a device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted stream of HTTP or HTTPS traffic to the web proxy interface of an affected device.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.