CVE-2023-20048 is a critical vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software, allowing an authenticated, remote attacker to execute unauthorized configuration commands on managed Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) devices. This flaw stems from insufficient authorization within the FMC web services interface. With a CVSS score of 9.9 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and requires valid FMC credentials, but can lead to complete compromise of the FTD device (C:H/I:H/A:H). While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.2.3, <= 6.2.3.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.4.0, <= 6.4.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.6.0, <= 6.6.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.7.0, <= 6.7.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_firewall_management_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 1.0 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.6 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.