CVE-2017-6746

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-07-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

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 products

Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA): 10.0.0-233, 10.0_base, 10.1.0, 10.1.0-204, 10.1.1-230, 10.1.1-234 (+5)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99877
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038948
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170719-wsa1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99877
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038948
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170719-wsa1

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