CVE-2023-20124 Cisco Small Business RV016, RV042, RV042G, RV082, RV320, and RV325 Routers Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on Cisco Small Business routers via crafted HTTP requests.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-20124?

CVE-2023-20124 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Rv320 Firmware, published on 5 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV016, RV042, RV042G, RV082, RV320, and RV325 Routers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user input within incoming HTTP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root-level privileges and access unauthorized data. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to have valid administrative credentials on the affected device. Cisco has not released software updates that address this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20124?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Cisco Rv016 Firmware, Cisco Rv042 Firmware, Cisco Rv042g Firmware, Cisco Rv082 Firmware, Cisco Rv320 Firmware, Cisco Rv325 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2023-20124?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20124 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2023-20124 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Cisco Rv320 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7hjc-27vp-6f7f.

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