CVE-2022-20851

7.2 highEPSS 1.1%

High (7.2) in cisco ios xe. EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have valid Administrator privileges on the affected device.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.2 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 65% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-78, CWE-77
Published: 2022-09-30
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

cisco:ios_xe

References

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