Vulnerability in Cisco Broadworks Application Delivery Platform

CVE-2023-20210

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.

EPSS: 0.002 (10.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-20210?
CVE-2023-20210 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Broadworks Application Delivery Platform, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2023-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2023-20210?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.