{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20048 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20048 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-20048 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, published on 1 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-20048 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-20048 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, published on 1 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20048 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20048/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20048/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-20048","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20048/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-20048","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-jg9m-wr8w-vhxv"],"analysis":{"component_type":"network_device","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Cisco Firepower Management Center","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An authenticated attacker can execute unauthorized configuration commands on managed FTD devices due to insufficient authorization checks in the FMC web interface.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"cisco","cpe":[{"product":"secure_firewall_management_center","vendor":"cisco"}],"cvss":{"score":9.9,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-863","name":"Incorrect Authorization"},{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"description":"A vulnerability in the web services interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute certain unauthorized configuration commands on a Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) device that is managed by the FMC Software. This vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization of configuration commands that are sent through the web service interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the FMC web services interface and sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute certain configuration commands on the targeted FTD device. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid credentials on the FMC Software.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2024-03-14","github_poc":2,"max_poc_stars":1,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2025-09-22T16:02:35Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/oguzhanozuzun301/cisco-rv-rce-poc","stars":1,"title":"PoC and exploit scripts for CVE-2023-20048 - Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Cisco RV series routers.  Includes a vulnerability checker (PoC) and a working exploit for gaining remote shell access. For educational and research purposes only."},{"date":"2024-03-14T01:32:41Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/0zer0d4y/FuegoTest","stars":0,"title":"A CLI tool for detecting CVE-2023-20048 vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center."}],"tier":"poc_unverified"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Missing authorization in Cisco Firepower Management Center","id":"CVE-2023-20048","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"cisco:secure_firewall_management_center","products":["cisco:secure_firewall_management_center"],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Cisco IOS XR Software for ASR 9000 Series Routers Bidirectional Forwarding Detection Denial of Service Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-20049"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Denial of service in Cisco Webex Room Phone","id":"CVE-2023-20047"},"products":["Cisco Firepower Management Center"],"published":"2023-11-01","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Cisco Firewall Management Center Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel","id":"CVE-2026-20079","kev_date_added":"2026-09-09","published":"2026-03-04"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Security Cloud Control (SCC) Firewall Management Deserialization of Untrusted Data","id":"CVE-2026-20131","kev_date_added":"2026-03-19","published":"2026-03-04"},{"cvss_score":5.3,"headline":"Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Use of Hard-coded Password","id":"CVE-2026-20316","kev_date_added":"2026-07-29","published":"2026-07-29"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Radius Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-20265","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-08-14"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Command injection in Cisco Firepower Management Center","id":"CVE-2024-20424","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-10-23"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Cisco Firepower Management Center Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Authentication Bypass Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2019-16028","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-09-23"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-12-16","vendors":["Cisco"]},"summary":"An authenticated attacker can execute unauthorized configuration commands on managed FTD devices due to insufficient authorization checks in the FMC web interface.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20048/"}