Vulnerability · Published Oct 4, 2023 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2023-20101

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity hard-coded credentials in Cisco Emergency Responder from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.6% (higher than 86% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.6%top 14.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to an affected device using the root account, which has default, static credentials that cannot be changed or deleted. This vulnerability is due to the presence of static user credentials for the root account that are typically reserved for use during development. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the account to log in to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to the affected system and execute arbitrary commands as the root user.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Cisco Cisco Emergency Responder 12.5(1)SU4

Weakness: CWE-798 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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