Riskcovery

CVE-2023-20231

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Sep 27, 2023
Updated
Dec 16, 2025
Reserved
Oct 27, 2022

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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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hcisco

Weaknesses

  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Cisco IOS XE SoftwareCisco
  • 16.12.8Affected
  • 16.12.4Affected
  • 16.12.4aAffected
  • 16.12.5Affected
  • 16.12.6Affected
  • 16.12.5aAffected
  • 16.12.5bAffected
  • 16.12.6aAffected
  • 16.12.7Affected
  • 16.12.9Affected
  • 17.2.2Affected
  • 17.2.3Affected
  • 17.3.1Affected
  • 17.3.2Affected
  • 17.3.3Affected
  • 17.3.1aAffected
  • 17.3.1wAffected
  • 17.3.2aAffected
  • 17.3.1xAffected
  • 17.3.1zAffected
  • 17.3.4Affected
  • 17.3.5Affected
  • 17.3.4aAffected
  • 17.3.6Affected
  • 17.3.4bAffected
  • and 42 more versions

References

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