CVE-2023-20114 Path traversal in Cisco Firepower Management Center
An authenticated attacker can download arbitrary files from Cisco Firepower Management Center due to insufficient input validation in the file download feature.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-20114?
CVE-2023-20114 is a medium-severity path traversal 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.
Official description
A vulnerability in the file download feature of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to download arbitrary files from an affected system. This vulnerability is due to a lack of input sanitation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTPS request. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to download arbitrary files from the affected system.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20114?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center.
How do I fix CVE-2023-20114?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20114 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2023-20114 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20114 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
- CVE-2026-20079 Cisco Firewall Management Center Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
- CVE-2026-20131 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software and Cisco Security Cloud Control (SCC) Firewall Management Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2026-20316 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Use of Hard-coded Password
- CVE-2025-20265 Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Software Radius Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-20424 Command injection in Cisco Firepower Management Center
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vhwf-m5vw-3pfx.