PT-2021-5106 · Cisco · Cisco Secure Email/Web Manager

Evgeni Sabev + 2 · Published 2021-08-18 · Updated 2022-07-08 · CVE-2021-1561

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the spam quarantine feature could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access and modify the spam quarantine settings of another user. This issue exists because access to the spam quarantine feature is not properly restricted. An attacker could exploit this by sending malicious requests to an affected system, potentially modifying another user's spam quarantine settings, disabling security controls, or viewing email messages stored on the spam quarantine interfaces.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

CWE-302

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-05895

CVE-2021-1561

Affected Products

Cisco Secure Email/Web Manager

References · 7

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sma-spam-jPxUXMk · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1561 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-1561 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-05895 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/19670 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/19688 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/27571 · Telegram Post