TI-2022-05426 Aliases CVE-2022-20867 GHSA-hmj5-j6m5-7r84

SQL injection in Cisco Secure Email

LOW 30CWE-89Published 2022-11-03 · Updated 2024-11-20

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

A vulnerability in web-based management interface of the of Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct SQL injection attacks as root on an affected system. The attacker must have the credentials of a high-privileged user account. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-submitted parameters. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the application and sending malicious requests to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain data or modify data that is stored in the underlying database of the affected system.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00872 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Cisco	Cisco Secure Email	13.0.0-392; 13.5.1-277; 12.5.0-066; 14.0.0-698; 14.2.0-620	—	No fix listed	CNA
Cisco	Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager	12.0.1-011; 12.5.0-636; 12.5.0-658; 12.5.0-678; 12.5.0-670; 13.0.0-277; 13.6.2-078; 13.8.1-068; 13.8.1-074; 12.8.1-002; 14.0.0-404; 14.1.0-223; 14.1.0-227	—	No fix listed	CNA

Cisco Secure Email VendorCisco Affected 13.0.0-392; 13.5.1-277; 12.5.0-066; 14.0.0-698; 14.2.0-620 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager VendorCisco Affected 12.0.1-011; 12.5.0-636; 12.5.0-658; 12.5.0-678; 12.5.0-670; 13.0.0-277; 13.6.2-078; 13.8.1-068; 13.8.1-074; 12.8.1-002; 14.0.0-404; 14.1.0-223; 14.1.0-227 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos::::::::	13.0 to before 14.2.1	Vulnerable	Cisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:secure_email_gateway:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Cisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos::::::::	12.0 to before 14.2.0	Vulnerable	Cisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:secure_email_and_web_manager:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Cisco

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.0 to before 14.2.1 Vulnerable ·Cisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:secure_email_gateway:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.0 to before 14.2.0 Vulnerable ·Cisco
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:secure_email_and_web_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-20867
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hmj5-j6m5-7r84

References

Other 1

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TI-2026-74174 Arbitrary file write in Cisco Secure Email Gateway via AMP feature KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-53489 Cisco Secure Email Gateway SQL Injection Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-14683 Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager Remote Command Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2021-13698 Cisco Web Security Appliance Proxy Service Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
TI-2018-11020 Cisco Email Security Appliance URL Filtering Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
TI-2019-01567 Cisco Email Security Appliance Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6

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Sources

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