CVE-2023-20216 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in Cisco BroadWorks servers, affecting all server types. It stems from incorrect user role permission implementation, allowing an authenticated local attacker with BWORKS or BWSUPERADMIN roles to elevate privileges to root. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary command execution with elevated permissions. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< ri.2023.05CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:broadworks_application_delivery_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 23.0.2023.05CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:broadworks_application_server:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
< 2023.05CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:broadworks_application_server:*:*:*:*:release_independent:*:*:* | ||
>= 24.0, < 24.0.2023.05CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:broadworks_application_server:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
< 2023.05CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:broadworks_database_server:*:*:*:*:release_independent:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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