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Cisco Web Security Appliance Command Injection and Privilege Escalation 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 interface of the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection and elevate privileges to root. The attacker must authenticate with valid administrator credentials.
Insight
Insight
The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input on the web interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the affected device and performing command injection over the web interface.
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.