CVE-2023-20101 is a critical vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in using a static, unchangeable root account. This flaw, due to hardcoded development credentials, grants an attacker full root access and the ability to execute arbitrary commands. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and low complexity. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is currently available, the vulnerability has garnered substantial community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness. It is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, suggesting no known active exploitation at this time.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.5\(1\)su4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:emergency_responder:12.5\(1\)su4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.