vulnerability
Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway: CVE-2023-20209: Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Command Injection Vulnerability
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
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8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:N) | Aug 16, 2023 | Sep 30, 2024 | Jun 23, 2025 |
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.
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