CVE-2020-3229

Cisco IOS XE Software Web UI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 3, 2020 at 05:42 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIOS Xe

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in Role Based Access Control (RBAC) functionality of Cisco IOS XE Web Management Software could allow a Read-Only authenticated, remote attacker to execute commands or configuration changes as an Admin user. The vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of RBAC for the administration GUI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a modified HTTP request to the affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker as a Read-Only user to execute CLI commands or configuration changes as if they were an Admin user.

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264CWE-863

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