CVE-2023-20020

HIGH

Cisco BroadWorks 22.0-23.0.1075 Unauthenticated DoS via HTTP Request Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the Device Management Servlet application of Cisco BroadWorks Application Delivery Platform and Cisco BroadWorks Xtended Services Platform could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation when parsing HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a sustained stream of crafted requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause all subsequent requests to be dropped, resulting in a DoS condition.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0086
EPSS Percentile 53.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20 CWE-835
Status published
Products (2)
cisco/broadworks_application_delivery_platform_device_management 22.0 - 2022.11_1.273
cisco/broadworks_xtended_services_platform 22.0 - 23.0.1075.ap384245
Published Jan 20, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026