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Cisco Secure Web Appliance Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-esa-sma-wsa-multi-yKUJhS34)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 215116
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Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.Description
According to its self-reported version, Cisco Secure Web Appliance is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.- A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection attacks against an affected device. The attacker must authenticate with valid administrator credentials. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of XML configuration files by an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted XML configuration file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject commands to the underlying operating system with root privileges. (CVE-2025-20184)
- A vulnerability in the implementation of the remote access functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, Cisco Secure Email Gateway, and Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root. The attacker must authenticate with valid administrator credentials. This vulnerability is due to an architectural flaw in the password generation algorithm for the remote access functionality. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by generating a temporary password for the service account. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root and access the underlying operating system. Note: The Security Impact Rating (SIR) for this vulnerability is Medium due to the unrestricted scope of information that is accessible to an attacker. (CVE-2025-20185)
Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCwk70576See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 215116
File Name: cisco-sa-esa-sma-wsa-multi-yKUJhS34_wsa.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: combined
Family: CISCO
Published: 2/7/2025
Updated: 2/7/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.7
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-20184
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:asyncos, cpe:/o:cisco:web_security_appliance, cpe:/a:cisco:web_security_appliance, cpe:/h:cisco:web_security_appliance
Required KB Items: Host/AsyncOS/Cisco Web Security Appliance/DisplayVersion, Host/AsyncOS/Cisco Web Security Appliance/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-20184, CVE-2025-20185