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CVE-2023-20097

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-20097 is a vulnerability in Cisco access point software that allows an authenticated, local attacker with Administrator CLI access to a wireless controller to inject and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on an affected AP. The vulnerability stems from improper input validation of commands sent from the controller to the AP. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.7) could lead to full root access on the AP. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.10.183.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 17.9.0.135CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:aironet_access_point_software:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 16.12.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.1, < 17.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.4, < 17.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios_xe:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.6MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
14.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

sec.cloudapps.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-aironetap-cmdinj-6bjT4FL8
Vendor Advisory