VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-20161

CVSS score8.6 HIGH
EPSS probability10.28%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-05-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based user interface of certain Cisco Small Business Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or execute arbitrary code with root privileges on an affected device. These vulnerabilities are due to improper validation of requests that are sent to the web interface. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Primary references