CVE-2022-20784

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.009 · 61 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.93% (61st) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisco_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the Web-Based Reputation Score (WBRS) engine of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass established web request policies and access blocked content on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of certain character combinations inserted into a URL. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted URLs to be processed by an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the web proxy and access web content that has been blocked by policy.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedCisco Secure Web Appliancecisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.15.8mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.15.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USprimaryCWE-20USCWE-254US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Cisco Cisco Secure Web Applianceall versionscisco_csafUS
Cisco Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA)≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Cisco Systems Inc. Cisco Web Security Appliance11.7 → 14.0.2fstec_bduRU
cisco web security appliance11.7.0 → 14.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:web_security_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

cisco-sa-swa-filter-bypass-XXXTU3XCisco Web Security Appliance Filter Bypass Vulnerability2022-04-06csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the Web-Based Reputation Score (WBRS) engine of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass established web request policies and access blocked content on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of certain character combinations inserted into a URL. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted URLs to be processed by an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the web proxy and access web content that has been blocked by policy. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cisco_csaf nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-04-06modified 2026-06-17

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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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