CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-20025

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2023-01-20 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2023-01-20
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-290, CWE-293

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV016, RV042, RV042G, and RV082 Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user input within incoming HTTP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication and gain root access on the underlying operating system.

Affected configurations

• cisco rv016 firmware • cisco rv042 firmware • cisco rv042g firmware • cisco rv082 firmware

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing weakness
  • CWE-293 Using Referer Field for Authentication weakness

References