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    CVE-2023-20231

    A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform an injection attack against an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted input to the web UI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary Cisco IOS XE Software CLI commands with level 15 privileges. Note: This vulnerability is exploitable only if the attacker obtains the credentials for a Lobby Ambassador account. This account is not configured by default.

    Published:Sep 27, 2023
    Last Modified:Dec 16, 2025
    EPS:Sep 27, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00636
    CVSS Score:8.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9105ax
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9105axi
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    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9105axw
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    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9115ax
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    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9115axe
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    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9115axi
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    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9117ax
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    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9117axi
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9120ax
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    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9120axe
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9120axi
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    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9120axp
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9124ax
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9124axd
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9124axi
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9130ax
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    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9130axe
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9130axi
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9300
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9300-24p-a
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9300-24p-e
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9300-24s-a
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9300-24s-e
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9300-24t-a
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9300-24t-e
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9300-24u-a
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9300-24u-e
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9300-24ux-a
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9300-24ux-e
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9300-48p-a
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9300-48p-e
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300-48s-a
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300-48s-e
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300-48t-a
    Vendor
    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300-48t-e
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300-48u-a
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300-48u-e
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300-48un-a
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300-48un-e
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300-48uxm-a
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300-48uxm-e
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l-24p-4g-a
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l-24p-4g-e
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l-24p-4x-a
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l-24p-4x-e
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l-24t-4g-a
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l-24t-4g-e
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l-24t-4x-a
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l-24t-4x-e
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l-48p-4g-a
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l-48p-4g-e
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l-48p-4x-a
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l-48p-4x-e
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l-48t-4g-a
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l-48t-4g-e
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l-48t-4x-a
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l-48t-4x-e
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300l Stack
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300lm
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9300x
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9400
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9407r
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9410r
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9500
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9500h
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    Cisco
    Product
    Catalyst 9800
    Vendor
    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9800-40
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9800-80
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9800-cl
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9800-l
    Vendor
    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9800-l-c
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    Cisco
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    Catalyst 9800-l-f
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Ios Xe
    Vendor
    Cisco
    Product
    Ios Xe Software

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-10 Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    CAPEC-101 Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    CAPEC-104 Cross Zone Scripting
    CAPEC-108 Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    CAPEC-109 Object Relational Mapping Injection
    CAPEC-110 SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering
    CAPEC-120 Double Encoding
    CAPEC-13 Subverting Environment Variable Values
    CAPEC-135 Format String Injection
    CAPEC-136 LDAP Injection
    CAPEC-14 Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    CAPEC-15 Command Delimiters
    CAPEC-153 Input Data Manipulation
    CAPEC-182 Flash Injection
    CAPEC-209 XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch
    CAPEC-22 Exploiting Trust in Client
    CAPEC-23 File Content Injection
    CAPEC-230 Serialized Data with Nested Payloads
    CAPEC-231 Oversized Serialized Data Payloads
    CAPEC-24 Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    CAPEC-250 XML Injection
    CAPEC-261 Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data
    CAPEC-267 Leverage Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-28 Fuzzing
    CAPEC-3 Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters
    CAPEC-31 Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies
    CAPEC-42 MIME Conversion
    CAPEC-43 Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers
    CAPEC-45 Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
    CAPEC-46 Overflow Variables and Tags
    CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
    CAPEC-473 Signature Spoof
    CAPEC-52 Embedding NULL Bytes
    CAPEC-53 Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash
    CAPEC-588 DOM-Based XSS
    CAPEC-6 Argument Injection
    CAPEC-63 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
    CAPEC-64 Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-664 Server Side Request Forgery
    CAPEC-67 String Format Overflow in syslog()
    CAPEC-7 Blind SQL Injection
    CAPEC-71 Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-72 URL Encoding
    CAPEC-73 User-Controlled Filename
    CAPEC-78 Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-79 Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-8 Buffer Overflow in an API Call
    CAPEC-80 Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-81 Web Server Logs Tampering
    CAPEC-83 XPath Injection
    CAPEC-85 AJAX Footprinting
    CAPEC-88 OS Command Injection
    CAPEC-9 Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High