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CVE-2020-3568: Cisco Email Security Appliance URL Filtering Bypass Vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-10-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A vulnerability in the antispam protection mechanisms of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the URL reputation filters on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of URLs. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a URL in a particular way. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the URL reputation filters that are configured for the affected device, which could allow malicious URLs to pass through the device.

Affected products

• Cisco Asyncos: through 13.5.2

References

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-url-bypass-zZtugtg3
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-url-bypass-zZtugtg3

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