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Medium · 6.5 Public exploit CVE-2023-20209 EUVD-2023-24388GHSA-fqmx-hq6j-36x9

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) co…

Published Aug 16, 2023 · Updated Dec 16, 2025 · Assigned by cisco

Vendor: Cisco Product: Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway Category: Network devices

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with read-write privileges on the application to perform a command injection attack that could result in remote code execution on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied 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 establish a remote shell with root privileges.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Cisco Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway X8.5.1, X8.5.3, X8.5, X8.6.1, X8.6, X8.1.1, X8.1.2, X8.1, X8.2.1, X8.2.2, X8.2, X8.7.1, X8.7.2, X8.7.3, X8.7, X8.8.1, X8.8.2, X8.8.3, X8.8, X8.9.1, X8.9.2, X8.9, X8.10.0, X8.10.1, X8.10.2, X8.10.3, X8.10.4, X12.5.8, X12.5.9, X12.5.0, X12.5.2, X12.5.7, X12.5.3, X12.5.4, X12.5.5, X12.5.1, X12.5.6, X1… —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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GitHub 1 repository

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