CVE-2022-20633: cisco cisco enterprise chat and email Observable Response Discrepancy

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-20633 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Observable Response Discrepancy vulnerability in cisco cisco enterprise chat and email. EPSS estimates a 0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 15-11-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 15-11-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco ECE could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a username enumeration attack against an affected device. This vulnerability is due to differences in authentication responses that are sent back from the application as part of an authentication attempt. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending authentication requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to confirm existing user accounts, which could be used in further attacks. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

• CWE-204Observable Response DiscrepancyThe product provides different responses to incoming requests in a way that reveals internal state information to an unauthorized actor outside of the intended control sphere.