{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 12 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20216 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20216 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-20216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco BroadWorks, published on 3 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-20216 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-20216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco BroadWorks, published on 3 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20216 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Cisco BroadWorks. 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-2023-20216/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20216/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-20216","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20216/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-20216","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-cqj5-c26p-jcv4"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"workaround","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Cisco BroadWorks","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Authenticated local attackers with specific roles can elevate privileges to root and execute arbitrary commands on Cisco BroadWorks servers.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"cisco","cpe":[{"product":"broadworks_application_delivery_platform","vendor":"cisco"},{"product":"broadworks_application_server","vendor":"cisco"},{"product":"broadworks_database_server","vendor":"cisco"},{"product":"broadworks_execution_server","vendor":"cisco"},{"product":"broadworks_media_server","vendor":"cisco"},{"product":"broadworks_network_database_server","vendor":"cisco"},{"product":"broadworks_network_function_manager","vendor":"cisco"},{"product":"broadworks_network_server","vendor":"cisco"},{"product":"broadworks_profile_server","vendor":"cisco"},{"product":"broadworks_service_control_function_server","vendor":"cisco"},{"product":"broadworks_troubleshooting_server","vendor":"cisco"},{"product":"broadworks_xtended_services_platform","vendor":"cisco"}],"cvss":{"score":4.4,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-732","name":"Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource"},{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"description":"A vulnerability in the privilege management functionality of all Cisco BroadWorks server types could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected system. \r\n\r This vulnerability is due to incorrect implementation of user role permissions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the application as a user with the BWORKS or BWSUPERADMIN role and issuing crafted commands on an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands beyond the sphere of their intended access level, including initiating installs or running operating system commands with elevated permissions.\r\n\r   There are workarounds that address this vulnerability.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Cisco BroadWorks","id":"CVE-2023-20216","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Cisco ThousandEyes Recorder Application","id":"CVE-2023-20217"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Security feature bypass in Cisco Secure Web Appliance","id":"CVE-2023-20215"},"products":["Cisco BroadWorks"],"published":"2023-08-03","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Auth bypass in Cisco BroadWorks","id":"CVE-2023-20238","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-09-06"},{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Cisco BroadWorks","id":"CVE-2023-20019","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-01-19"},{"cvss_score":5.4,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Cisco BroadWorks","id":"CVE-2023-20204","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-08-03"},{"cvss_score":4.8,"headline":"Cisco BroadWorks Application Delivery Platform Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-20307","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-07-02"},{"cvss_score":4.8,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Cisco BroadWorks","id":"CVE-2024-20270","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-01-17"}],"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)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-02","vendors":["Cisco"]},"summary":"Authenticated local attackers with specific roles can elevate privileges to root and execute arbitrary commands on Cisco BroadWorks servers.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20216/"}