# CVE-2015-6298: Command injection in n/a

> Authenticated users can gain root privileges on Cisco WSA devices via crafted certificate-generation arguments in the admin interface.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Nov 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hrmr-gjhm-hc4x

## What is CVE-2015-6298?

CVE-2015-6298 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Cisco Web Security Appliance, published on 6 Nov 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The admin web interface in Cisco AsyncOS 8.x before 8.0.8-113, 8.1.x and 8.5.x before 8.5.3-051, 8.6.x and 8.7.x before 8.7.0-171-LD, and 8.8.x before 8.8.0-085 on Web Security Appliance (WSA) devices allows remote authenticated users to obtain root privileges via crafted certificate-generation arguments, aka Bug ID CSCus83445.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6298?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Web Security Appliance.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-6298?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6298 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-6298 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6298 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Web Security Appliance

- [CVE-2019-1817](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1817/): Cisco Web Security Appliance Malformed Request Denial of Service Vulnerability (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2018-0410](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0410/): Denial of service in AsyncOS Software for Cisco Web Security Appliances (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2015-6292](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6292/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2015-6293](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6293/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-0353](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0353/): Security feature bypass in Cisco Web Security Appliance unknown (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-6298 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-6298 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Cisco Web Security Appliance, published on 6 Nov 2015. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6298 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Web Security Appliance. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6298/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6298/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6298
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6298
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-6298

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