CVE detail

CVE-2023-20259 — CVE-2023-20259

Published 2023-10-04 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product emergency_responder · Source nvd

HIGH

severity

CVSS-derived band

8.6

CVSS v3

0–10 scale

0.0061

EPSS probability

exploitation probability, 30d

46.0%

EPSS percentile

percentile vs all CVEs

NOT LISTED

CISA KEV

known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability in an API endpoint of multiple Cisco Unified Communications Products could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause high CPU utilization, which could impact access to the web-based management interface and cause delays with call processing. This API is not used for device management and is unlikely to be used in normal operations of the device. This vulnerability is due to improper API authentication and incomplete validation of the API request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to a specific API on the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition due to high CPU utilization, which could negatively impact user traffic and management access. When the attack stops,

Remediation

Product	Vulnerable range	Fixed version	Advisory
Cisco Cisco Emergency Responder	—	not specified	advisory ↗

References

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