Cisco Small Business RV160 and RV260 Series VPN Routers Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV160 and RV260 Series VPN Routers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the web-based management interface of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands using root-level privileges on the affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid Administrator-level credentials on the affected device. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-20045US | high7.2 | — | ||
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV160 and RV260 Series VPN Routers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- Security Vulnerability Policyexternal
- Cisco Small Business RV160 and RV260 Series VPN Routers Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilityself
- Cisco Security Vulnerability Policyexternal
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco RV160 and RV260 VPN Router (all models)external
- Cisco Security Advisories pageexternal
remediations (1)
- FixedCisco Small Business RV Series Router Firmware
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
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