THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2023-20036
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2023-20036

Industrial Network Director vulnerability

CVSS
9.9
EPSS
12.7%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IND could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with administrative privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation when uploading a Device Pack. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by altering the request that is sent when uploading a Device Pack. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on the underlying operating system of an affected device. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Industrial Network Director
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2024-11-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2023-20036

  • Confirm whether Cisco Industrial Network Director is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-20036.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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