Privilege escalation in Cisco Firepower Management Center
CVE-2023-20048
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) devi…
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.046 (89.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.9 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H.
Affected products
- Cisco Firepower Management Center — versions 6.2.3, 6.2.3.1, 6.2.3.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-20048?
- CVE-2023-20048 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2023-11-01.
- How severe is CVE-2023-20048?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-20048 known to be exploited?
- 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.