CVE-2022-20772 (GCVE-0-2022-20772)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-03 19:32 – Updated: 2024-10-25 16:04
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Summary
A vulnerability in Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct an HTTP response splitting attack. This vulnerability is due to the failure of the application or its environment to properly sanitize input values. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious HTTP headers, controlling the response body, or splitting the response into multiple responses.
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-25 14:36 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-113 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences in HTTP Headers ('HTTP Response Splitting')
Assigner
cisco CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 66/100 over 377 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Cisco Cisco Secure Email Affected: 13.5.1-277
Affected: 14.0.0-698
Affected: 14.2.0-620
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Cisco Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager Affected: 14.0.0-404
Affected: 14.1.0-223
Affected: 14.1.0-227
Affected: 14.2.0-212
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