HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2013-3443

Wide Area Application Services vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
6.0%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
The web service framework in Cisco WAAS Software 4.x and 5.x before 5.0.3e, 5.1.x before 5.1.1c, and 5.2.x before 5.2.1 in a Central Manager (CM) configuration allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted POST request, aka Bug ID CSCuh26626.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Wide Area Application Services
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2013-08-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-3443

  • Confirm whether Cisco Wide Area Application Services is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-3443.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

How ThreatPort helps with CVE-2013-3443

ThreatPort's external attack surface scanner checks your internet-facing assets — agentlessly, from the outside in — for the exposed services and versions that CVE-2013-3443 affects, then prioritises the finding by real risk using CISA KEV and FIRST.org EPSS.

Run a free external exposure scan

Are you exposed to CVE-2013-3443?

Run an instant, non-intrusive external scan to check your attack surface for CVE-2013-3443.

Start free scan

No credit card. Agentless.