CVE-2020-3516
MEDIUMCisco IOS XE - Authenticated Denial of Service via Web Server Authentication Input
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the web server authentication of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to crash the web server on the device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation during authentication. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by entering unexpected characters during a valid authentication. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to crash the web server on the device, which must be manually recovered by disabling and re-enabling the web server.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-WEB-UI-exNFmcPO
Scores
CVSS v3
4.3
EPSS
0.0063
EPSS Percentile
70.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (2)
cisco/ios_xe
17.2.1
cisco/ios_xe
< 16.9.6
Published
Sep 24, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026