CVE-2021-1359 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco AsyncOS for Web Security Appliance (WSA) that allows an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to root. This flaw stems from insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input, enabling an attacker to upload crafted configuration files containing scripting code. A successful exploit grants arbitrary command execution on the underlying operating system. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.8.0-429CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:11.8.0-429:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.8.0-453CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:11.8.0-453:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.8.0, < 12.0.3-005CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.5.0, < 12.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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