CVE-2022-20939

Summary

CVE-2022-20939 is a vulnerability affecting the web-based management interface of Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem. This issue allows authenticated, remote attackers to elevate privileges on vulnerable systems. The vulnerability stems from insufficient protection of sensitive user information. An attacker can exploit this flaw by accessing specific logs on an affected system, which could then be used to elevate privileges up to System Admin level. Cisco has released software patches to mitigate this vulnerability, and no workarounds are currently available.

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