CVE-2017-6750 Hardcoded credentials in Cisco Web Security Appliance

What is CVE-2017-6750?

CVE-2017-6750 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Web Security Appliance, published on 25 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in AsyncOS for the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to log in to the device with the privileges of a limited user or an unauthenticated, remote attacker to authenticate to certain areas of the web GUI, aka a Static Credentials Vulnerability. Affected Products: virtual and hardware versions of Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA). More Information: CSCve06124. Known Affected Releases: 10.1.0-204. Known Fixed Releases: 10.5.1-270.

Weakness: CWE-1188

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6750?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Cisco Web Security Appliance, Cisco Web Security Virtual Appliance.

How do I fix CVE-2017-6750?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6750 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-6750 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6750 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Web Security Appliance

• CVE-2015-6298 Command injection in n/a Critical 9.0
• CVE-2019-1817 Cisco Web Security Appliance Malformed Request Denial of Service Vulnerability High 8.6
• CVE-2018-0410 Denial of service in AsyncOS Software for Cisco Web Security Appliances High 8.6
• CVE-2015-6292 Denial of service in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2015-6293 Denial of service in n/a High 7.8

All Cisco Web Security Appliance vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8hj4-pmp7-hg69.