# CVE-2023-20003: Cisco Business Wireless Access Points Social Login Guest User Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

> An adjacent attacker can bypass social login authentication to access the Guest Portal on Cisco Business Wireless Access Points.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 May 2023
- **Updated:** 25 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-98rg-4fmq-frpj

## What is CVE-2023-20003?

CVE-2023-20003 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Cisco Business Wireless Access Point Software, published on 18 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the social login configuration option for the guest users of Cisco Business Wireless Access Points (APs) could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to bypass social login authentication. This vulnerability is due to a logic error with the social login implementation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by attempting to authenticate to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access the Guest Portal without authentication.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality), CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20003?

It affects 8 products.


Products: Cisco Business 140ac Access Point Firmware, Cisco Business 141acm Firmware, Cisco Business 142acm Firmware, Cisco Business 143acm Firmware, Cisco Business 145ac Access Point Firmware, Cisco Business 150ax Access Point Firmware, Cisco Business 151axm Firmware, Cisco Business 240ac Access Point Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-20003?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20003 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-20003 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20003 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-20003 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-20003 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Cisco Business Wireless Access Point Software, published on 18 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20003 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Business Wireless Access Point Software. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20003/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20003/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20003
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20003
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-20003

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20003/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.