Vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder
CVE-2023-20101
A vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected device using the root account, which has default, static credentials that cannot be changed or deleted. This vulnerability is due to the presence of static user credentials for the root account that are typically reserved for use during development. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the account to log in to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to the affected system and execute arbitrary commands as the root user.
EPSS: 0.024 (83.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Cisco Emergency Responder — versions 12.5(1)SU4
- Cisco Emergency_responder — versions 12.5\(1\)su4, 12.5(1)su4
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- psirt@cisco.com (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-20101?
- CVE-2023-20101 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-10-04.
- How severe is CVE-2023-20101?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.