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Wide Area Application Services CVE-2014-2196

CRITICAL
Code Injection (CWE-94)
2014-05-26 psirt@cisco.com
9.3
CVSS 2.0 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Code injection prevention, sandbox exec
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Execution, Initial Access

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Impact

CVSS score of 9.3 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, M complexity. EPSS exploitation probability: 2.98%.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A remote attacker could inject and execute arbitrary code within the application by sending crafted requests to the affected application.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
No patch listed yet 3.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) 5.1.1 before 5.1.1e, when SharePoint prefetch optimization is enabled, allows remote SharePoint servers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed response,. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Never evaluate user-controlled input as code. Use sandboxing, disable dangerous functions, apply strict input validation.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified as Code Injection (CWE-94), which allows attackers to inject and execute arbitrary code within the application. Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) 5.1.1 before 5.1.1e, when SharePoint prefetch optimization is enabled, allows remote SharePoint servers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed response, aka Bug ID CSCue18479. Affected products include: Cisco Wide Area Application Services. Version information: before 5.1.1.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 9.3 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C

DescriptionCVE.org

Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) 5.1.1 before 5.1.1e, when SharePoint prefetch optimization is enabled, allows remote SharePoint servers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed response, aka Bug ID CSCue18479.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
3.0%
Top 13% exploitable
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 3.0%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

49
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +3
CVSS: +46
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Code Injection CRITICAL

Code injection occurs when an application accepts user input and passes it directly into a language interpreter or evaluator without proper sanitization.

Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:5.1.1:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:5.1.1:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:5.1.1:c:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:5.1.1:d:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2013-3443 CRITICAL
10.0 Aug 01

The web service framework in Cisco WAAS Software 4.x and 5.x before 5.0.3e, 5.1.x before 5.1.1c, and 5.2.x before 5.2.1

CVE-2013-3444 CRITICAL
9.0 Aug 01

The web framework in Cisco WAAS Software before 4.x and 5.x before 5.0.3e, 5.1.x before 5.1.1c, and 5.2.x before 5.2.1;

CVE-2015-6421 HIGH
7.5 Jan 27

cifs-ao in the CIFS optimization functionality on Cisco Wide Area Application Service (WAAS) and Virtual WAAS (vWAAS) de

CVE-2017-6628 MEDIUM
6.8 May 03

A vulnerability in SMART-SSL Accelerator functionality for Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) 6.2.1, 6.2.1a, an

CVE-2018-0352 MEDIUM
6.7 Jun 07

A vulnerability in the Disk Check Tool (disk-check.sh) for Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software could al

CVE-2017-12256 MEDIUM
6.5 Oct 05

A vulnerability in the Akamai Connect feature of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Appliances could allow an u

CVE-2016-6437 MEDIUM
5.9 Oct 27

A vulnerability in the SSL session cache management of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) could allow an unauth

CVE-2021-1438 MEDIUM
5.5 May 06

A vulnerability in Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to

CVE-2017-12250 MEDIUM
5.3 Sep 21

A vulnerability in the HTTP web interface for Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) could allow an unauthenticated

CVE-2017-6727 MEDIUM
5.3 Jul 10

A vulnerability in the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol of Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) could allow an

CVE-2017-6721 MEDIUM
5.3 Jul 04

A vulnerability in the ingress processing of fragmented TCP packets by Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) could

CVE-2017-12267 MEDIUM
5.3 Oct 05

A vulnerability in the Independent Computing Architecture (ICA) accelerator feature for the Cisco Wide Area Application

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