What is CVE-2023-20097?

CVE-2023-20097 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Aironet_1540, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2023-03-23.

How severe is CVE-2023-20097?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-20097 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Cisco Aironet_1540

CVE-2023-20097

A vulnerability in Cisco access points (AP) software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands and execute them with root privileges. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation of commands that a…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.002 (14.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

karimhabush/cyberowl

References

psirt@cisco.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-20097?: CVE-2023-20097 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Aironet_1540, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2023-03-23.
How severe is CVE-2023-20097?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-20097 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.