CVE-2022-20693 Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI API Injection Vulnerability
Authenticated attackers can inject OS commands with root privileges via the Cisco IOS XE web UI API due to insufficient input validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-20693?
CVE-2022-20693 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Ios Xe, published on 15 Apr 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the web UI feature of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform an injection attack against an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the web UI API. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to inject commands to the underlying operating system with root privileges.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20693?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Ios Xe.
How do I fix CVE-2022-20693?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-20693 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2022-20693 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20693 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios Xe
- CVE-2023-20198 Cisco IOS XE Web UI Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2018-0151 Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software Quality of Service Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2023-20273 Cisco IOS XE Web UI Command Injection
- CVE-2025-20188 Hardcoded credentials in Cisco IOS XE Software
- CVE-2021-34770 Cisco IOS XE Software for Catalyst 9000 Family Wireless Controllers CAPWAP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pr98-wpx5-8xmp.