THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-6746
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-6746

Web Security Appliance vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
4.4%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
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. Affected Products: Cisco AsyncOS Software 10.0 and later for WSA on both virtual and hardware appliances. More Information: CSCvd88862. Known Affected Releases: 10.1.0-204. Known Fixed Releases: 10.5.1-270 10.1.1-235.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Web Security Appliance
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2017-07-25

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 4.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-6746

  • Confirm whether Cisco Web Security Appliance is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-6746.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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