Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

CVE-2023-20025

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV016, RV042, RV042G, and RV082 Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user input within incoming HTTP packets. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication and gain root access on the underlying operating system.

Published

2023-01-20T07:15:14.490

Last Modified

2025-04-07T13:46:26.707

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.0 (CRITICAL)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-293
Type: Primary
CWE-290

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	cisco	rv016_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	cisco	rv016	-	No
Operating System	cisco	rv042_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	cisco	rv042	-	No
Operating System	cisco	rv042g_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	cisco	rv042g	-	No
Operating System	cisco	rv082_firmware	-	Yes
Hardware	cisco	rv082	-	No

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sbr042-multi-vuln-ej76Pke5 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sbr042-multi-vuln-ej76Pke5 Mitigation, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)