CVE-2023-20209
moderate-risk
Published 2023-08-16
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with read-write privileges on the application to perform a command injection attack that could result in remote code execution on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to establish a remote shell with root privileges.
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31.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 68% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 6.5/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (2)
Affected Vendors
References (2)
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
24/34 · High
Exploitability
16/34 · Moderate
Exposure
7/34 · Low