CVE-2023-20210 Privilege escalation in Cisco BroadWorks
An authenticated local attacker with administrative privileges can execute arbitrary commands as root due to insufficient input validation in the CLI.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-20210?
CVE-2023-20210 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco BroadWorks, published on 12 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in Cisco BroadWorks could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to the root user on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the operating system CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing a crafted command to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have valid BroadWorks administrative privileges on the affected device.
Weakness: CWE-250
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20210?
It affects 16 products.
Products include Cisco Broadworks Application Delivery Platform Firmware, Cisco Broadworks Application Server Firmware, Cisco Broadworks Database Server Firmware, Cisco Broadworks Database Troubleshooting Server Firmware, Cisco Broadworks Execution Server Firmware, Cisco Broadworks Media Server Firmware and 10 more.
How do I fix CVE-2023-20210?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20210 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-20210 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20210 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4hhj-h38j-ccw8.