CVE-2023-20066
MEDIUMCisco IOS XE - Authenticated Path Traversal in Web UI
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform a directory traversal and access resources that are outside the filesystem mountpoint of the web UI. This vulnerability is due to an insufficient security configuration. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the web UI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain read access to files that are outside the filesystem mountpoint of the web UI. Note: These files are located on a restricted filesystem that is maintained for the web UI. There is no ability to write to any files on this filesystem.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-webui-pthtrv-es7GSb9V
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0040
EPSS Percentile
60.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-22
CWE-23
Status
published
Products (3)
cisco/ios_xe
16.12.3
cisco/ios_xe
17.3.2
cisco/ios_xe
17.6.2
Published
Mar 23, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026