CVE detail

CVE-2023-20048 — CVE-2023-20048

Published 2023-11-01 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product secure_firewall_management_center · Source nvd

CRITICAL

severity

CVSS-derived band

9.9

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.1582

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

97.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability in the web services interface of Cisco Firepower Management Center (FMC) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute certain unauthorized configuration commands on a Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) device that is managed by the FMC Software. This vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization of configuration commands that are sent through the web service interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the FMC web services interface and sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute certain configuration commands on the targeted FTD device. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid credentials on the FMC Software.

Remediation

Product	Vulnerable range	Fixed version	Advisory
Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center	—	not specified	advisory ↗

References

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