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Fencer Vulns
high 7.7

CVE-2022-20664 json

Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager Information Disclosure Vulnerability

published 2022-06-15 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-25914

cvss
7.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability in the web management interface of Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, formerly Cisco Security Management Appliance (SMA), and Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to retrieve sensitive information from a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) external authentication server connected to an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input sanitization while querying the external authentication server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted query through an external authentication web page. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain access to sensitive information, including user credentials from the external authentication server. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid operator-level (or higher) credentials.

Patch / fix

  • cisco email_security_appliance 14.0.2-020
  • cisco secure_email_and_web_manager 13.6.2-090, 14.1.0-227

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-497 Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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