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CVE-2023-20209

Published: Aug 16, 2023

Modified: Dec 16, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with read-write privileges on the application to perform a command injection attack that could result in remote code execution on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to establish a remote shell with root privileges.

VendorProductVersions

Cisco

Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway

affected
X8.5.1
affected
X8.5.3
affected
X8.5
affected
X8.6.1
affected
X8.6

+62 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

References

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