No exploitation reported

CVE-2017-6746

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2017-07-25
WeaknessCWE-20

Am I affected?

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Description

A vulnerability in the web interface of the Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection and elevate privileges to root. The attacker must authenticate with valid administrator credentials. Affected Products: Cisco AsyncOS Software 10.0 and later for WSA on both virtual and hardware appliances. More Information: CSCvd88862. Known Affected Releases: 10.1.0-204. Known Fixed Releases: 10.5.1-270 10.1.1-235.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2017-07-2519:29CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-6746?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-6746?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD

Cisco web security appliance

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
10.0	= 10.0.0-233	no fix published	NVD
10.0	= 10.0_base	no fix published	NVD
10.1	= 10.1.0	no fix published	NVD
10.1	= 10.1.0-204	no fix published	NVD
10.1	= 10.1.1-230	no fix published	NVD
10.1	= 10.1.1-234	no fix published	NVD
10.5	= 10.5.0	no fix published	NVD
10.5	= 10.5.0-358	no fix published	NVD
11.0	= 11.0.0	no fix published	NVD
11.0	= 11.0.0-613	no fix published	NVD
11.0	= 11.0.0-641	no fix published	NVD

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

tools.cisco.comVendor Advisory

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVSS 3.07.2read 2026-10-23
NVDCVSS 2.09read 2026-10-23
NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-20read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score4.4 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2017-07-25
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6746?

Is CVE-2017-6746 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2017-6746 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 4.4% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-6746?

CVE-2017-6746 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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