CVE-2023-20231

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 27, 2023 at 05:19 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:29 AM UTC
74 products affected across 1 vendorIOS XeCatalyst 9800-LCatalyst 9800-80

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform an injection attack against an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the web UI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary Cisco IOS XE Software CLI commands with level 15 privileges. Note: This vulnerability is exploitable only if the attacker obtains the credentials for a Lobby Ambassador account. This account is not configured by default.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

cisco-catalyst-9105ax (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9105axi (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9105axw (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9115ax (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9115axe (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9115axi (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9117ax (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9117axi (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9120ax (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9120axe (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9120axi (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9120axp (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9124ax (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9124axd (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9124axi (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9130ax (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9130axe (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9130axi (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24p-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24p-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24s-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24s-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24t-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24t-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24u-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24u-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24ux-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-24ux-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48p-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48p-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48s-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48s-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48t-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48t-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48u-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48u-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48un-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48un-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48uxm-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300-48uxm-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-24p-4g-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-24p-4g-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-24p-4x-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-24p-4x-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-24t-4g-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-24t-4g-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-24t-4x-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-24t-4x-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-48p-4g-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-48p-4g-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-48p-4x-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-48p-4x-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-48t-4g-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-48t-4g-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-48t-4x-a (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-48t-4x-e (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300l-stack (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300lm (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9300x (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9400 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9407r (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9410r (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9500 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9500h (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9800 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9800-40 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9800-80 (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9800-cl (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9800-l (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9800-l-c (environment) · cisco-catalyst-9800-l-f (environment)
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Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHcisco
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78CWE-20

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