Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU79971

Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2023-20221

Published: August 25, 2023

Vulnerability identifier: #VU79971

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20221

CWE-ID: CWE-352

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

Affected software

IP Phone 6800 Series with Multiplatform Firmware
IP Phone 7800 Series with Multiplatform Firmware
Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series with Multiplatform Firmware
Video Phone 8875

How to mitigate CVE-2023-20221

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

External References

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

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