CVE-2020-3229

HIGH

Cisco IOS XE Web Management Software - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in Role Based Access Control (RBAC) functionality of Cisco IOS XE Web Management Software could allow a Read-Only authenticated, remote attacker to execute commands or configuration changes as an Admin user. The vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of RBAC for the administration GUI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a modified HTTP request to the affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker as a Read-Only user to execute CLI commands or configuration changes as if they were an Admin user.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0075
EPSS Percentile 73.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-264 CWE-863
Status published
Products (50)
cisco/ios_xe 16.2.2
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.1
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.1a
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.2
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.3
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.4
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.5
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.5b
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.6
cisco/ios_xe 16.3.7
... and 40 more
Published Jun 03, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026