High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Jul 25, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-6746
CVE-2017-6746
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.
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Affected products
11cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:10.0.0-233:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:10.0.0-233:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:10.0_base:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:10.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:10.1.0-204:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:10.1.1-230:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:10.1.1-234:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:10.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:10.5.0-358:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:11.0.0-613:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:11.0.0-641:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/99877nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038948nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170719-wsa1nvdVendor Advisory
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