CVE-2022-20867Network attack vector

Database read and modification via unvalidated parameters

Published Nov 3, 2022 · Updated Nov 20, 2024

SQL injection in Cisco Secure Email and Secure Email and Web Manager releases allows remote authenticated users to read or modify database data. The next-generation UI management interface fails to validate user-submitted parameters before using them in privileged database operations. Exploitation requires high-privilege account credentials and malicious authenticated requests, and it can also interrupt database availability.

CVSS severity4.7
Medium
EPSS probability0.80%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

SQL injection in Cisco Secure Email and Secure Email and Web Manager releases allows remote authenticated users to read or modify database data. The next-generation UI management interface fails to validate user-submitted parameters before using them in privileged database operations. Exploitation requires high-privilege account credentials and malicious authenticated requests, and it can also interrupt database availability.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-20867
Published
Nov 3, 2022
Updated
Nov 20, 2024
Vendor
ClamAV
Product
Cisco Secure Email
Classifications
CWE-89, T1190
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 3, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Nov 20, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=12.5.0-066
  2. Affected versionversion=13.0.0-392
  3. Affected versionversion=13.5.1-277
  4. Affected versionversion=14.0.0-698
  5. Affected versionversion=14.2.0-620

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

ClamAV · Cisco Secure Emailversion=12.5.0-066; version=13.0.0-392; version=13.5.1-277; version=14.0.0-698; version=14.2.0-620
ClamAV · Cisco Secure Email and Web Managerversion=12.0.1-011; version=12.5.0-636; version=12.5.0-658; version=12.5.0-670; version=12.5.0-678; version=12.8.1-002; version=13.0.0-277; version=13.6.2-078; version=13.8.1-068; version=13.8.1-074; version=14.0.0-404; version=14.1.0-223; version=14.1.0-227

Published CVSS scores

4.7Cisco Systems, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
6.5NIST National Vulnerability DatabaseCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application

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