Cross-site request forgery in Cisco IP Phone 6800, 7800, and 8800 Series with Multiplatform Firmware

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU79971

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20221

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the web-based management interface. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

IP Phone 6800 Series with Multiplatform Firmware: 11.3

IP Phone 7800 Series with Multiplatform Firmware: 11.3

Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series with Multiplatform Firmware: 11.3

Video Phone 8875: 1.0

External links

http://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ipphone-csrf-HOCmXW2c

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.