vulnerability

Cisco Cisco Small Business RV Router: CVE-2023-20026: Cisco Small Business RV016, RV042, RV042G, RV082, RV320, and RV325 Routers Vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Published
Jan 11, 2023
Added
Apr 10, 2025
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV016, RV042, RV042G, RV082, RV320 and RV325 Routers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user input within incoming HTTP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain root-level privileges and access unauthorized data. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to have valid administrative credentials on the affected device.

Solution

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Title
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