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CVE-2017-6748

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6748 describes a command injection vulnerability in the CLI parser of Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) hardware and virtual versions. An authenticated attacker with operator or administrator credentials could exploit this to achieve root privileges. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.7), it requires local access and high privileges, but has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.0.0-232CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:10.0.0-232:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.0-233CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:10.0.0-233:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0_baseCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:10.0_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:10.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.1.0-204CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:10.1.0-204:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0082 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170719-wsa2
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/99918
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038956
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry