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CVE-2023-20231

HIGH
Published 2023-09-27T17:19:17.664Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
8.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.006
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.6% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.694
Higher than 69.4% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

A vulnerability in the web UI 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. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary Cisco IOS XE Software CLI commands with level 15 privileges.

Note: This vulnerability is exploitable only if the attacker obtains the credentials for a Lobby Ambassador account. This account is not configured by default.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Cisco

Cisco IOS XE Software

Affected Versions:

16.12.8 16.12.4 16.12.4a 16.12.5 16.12.6 16.12.5a 16.12.5b 16.12.6a 16.12.7 16.12.9 17.2.2 17.2.3 17.3.1 17.3.2 17.3.3 17.3.1a 17.3.1w 17.3.2a 17.3.1x 17.3.1z 17.3.4 17.3.5 17.3.4a 17.3.6 17.3.4b 17.3.4c 17.3.5a 17.3.5b 17.4.1 17.4.2 17.4.1a 17.4.1b 17.4.2a 17.5.1 17.5.1a 17.5.1b 17.5.1c 17.6.1 17.6.2 17.6.1w 17.6.1a 17.6.1x 17.6.3 17.6.1y 17.6.1z 17.6.3a 17.6.4 17.6.1z1 17.6.5 17.6.5a 17.7.1 17.7.1a 17.7.1b 17.7.2 17.10.1 17.10.1a 17.10.1b 17.8.1 17.8.1a 17.9.1 17.9.1w 17.9.2 17.9.1a 17.9.1x 17.9.1y 17.9.2a 17.9.1x1
cisco

ios_xe_software

Affected Versions:

16.12.4 17.2.2

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-hch7-v5wv-5w63

Advisory Details

A vulnerability in the web UI 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. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary Cisco IOS XE Software CLI commands with level 15 privileges. Note: This vulnerability is exploitable only if the attacker obtains the credentials for a Lobby Ambassador account. This account is not configured by default.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20231
WEB https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-webui-cmdij-FzZAeXAy

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: September 27, 2023, Modified: January 25, 2024

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-webui-cmdij-FzZAeXAy
Published: 2023-09-27T17:19:17.664Z
Last Modified: 2024-10-24T16:43:47.359Z
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