cbcvebase.
CVE-2023-20156
published 2023-05-18

CVE-2023-20156: Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based user interface of certain Cisco Small Business Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to…

PriorityP268critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.18%
64.1th percentile
Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based user interface of certain Cisco Small Business Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition or execute arbitrary code with root privileges on an affected device. These vulnerabilities are due to improper validation of requests that are sent to the web interface. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

Affected

2 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
ciscocisco_small_business_smart_and_managed_switches
ciscosmall_business_series_switches

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • Vulnerability is triggered via improper validation of requests sent to the web-based user interface of Cisco Small Business Series Switches; monitor for anomalous or malformed HTTP requests to the switch web UI
  • Attack is unauthenticated and remote — no credentials required; any external HTTP/HTTPS traffic to the management web UI from untrusted sources should be treated as suspicious
  • ·Multiple related CVEs share the same advisory (cisco-sa-sg-web-multi-S9g4Nkgv); CVE-2023-20156 is one of several buffer overflow vulnerabilities tracked under Cisco Bug IDs CSCwe27386, CSCwe27393, and CSCwe27394 — ensure patching and detection scope covers all associated bugs
  • ·Scope is limited to 'certain Cisco Small Business Series Switches' — consult the full advisory for the exact affected product list and firmware versions before deploying detections

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vendor_cisco9.8CRITICAL
Stop checking back — get the weekly exploitation signal.

Every Monday: what got weaponized or added to CISA KEV in the last seven days — each CVE cross-linked to its PoC, Nuclei template, and detection rule. Free, one email a week, unsubscribe in one click.