THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2023-20238
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2023-20238

Broadworks Application Delivery Platform vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
15.3%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability in the single sign-on (SSO) implementation of Cisco BroadWorks Application Delivery Platform and Cisco BroadWorks Xtended Services Platform could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to forge the credentials required to access an affected system. This vulnerability is due to the method used to validate SSO tokens. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the application with forged credentials. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to commit toll fraud or to execute commands at the privilege level of the forged account. If that account is an Administrator account, the attacker would have the ability to view confidential information, modify customer settings, or modify settings for other users. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need a valid user ID that is associated with an affected Cisco BroadWorks system.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Broadworks Application Delivery Platform
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-287 — Improper Authentication
Published
2023-09-06

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 15.3% 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-2023-20238

  • Confirm whether Cisco Broadworks Application Delivery Platform is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-20238.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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