CVE-2021-1561

MEDIUM

Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager < 14.1 - Authenticated Spam Quarantine Access Control Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the spam quarantine feature of Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, formerly Cisco Security Management Appliance (SMA), could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access and modify the spam quarantine settings of another user. This vulnerability exists because access to the spam quarantine feature is not properly restricted. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to modify another user's spam quarantine settings, possibly disabling security controls or viewing email messages stored on the spam quarantine interfaces.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 33.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-302 CWE-287
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/secure_email_and_web_manager < 14.1
Published Aug 18, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026