Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI API Injection Vulnerability

published 2022-04-15 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-25943

cvss: 4.7; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.6%; EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in the web UI feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform an injection attack against an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the web UI API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject commands to the underlying operating system with root privileges.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2y ago (2024-11-06)

Exploit prediction

1.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	9.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Cisco Cisco IOS XE Software

Classification

Weakness

CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

Technology feeds

Cisco IOS rss critical rss

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-webuiapi-inj-Nyrq92Od
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-20693
NVD CVE-2022-20693

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