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Cisco Web Security Appliance Security Bypass Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
CISCO
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
A vulnerability in the proxy engine of the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass security restrictions.
Insight
Insight
The vulnerability is due to improper handling of malformed HTTP methods.
Affected Software
Affected Software
See Vendor advisory.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Cisco released software updates that address this vulnerability.