{"cve":"CVE-2023-20210","nvd":{"published":"2023-07-12T14:15:09.873","modified":"2026-06-17T05:29:50.123","status":"Modified","description":"A vulnerability in Cisco BroadWorks could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to the root user on an affected device.\r\n\r The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the operating system CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by issuing a crafted command to the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have valid BroadWorks administrative privileges on the affected device.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","score":6.0},"cwes":["CWE-250"],"references":["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-bw-privesc-yw4ekrXW","https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-bw-privesc-yw4ekrXW"],"products":["cisco:broadworks_application_delivery_platform_firmware","cisco:broadworks_application_server_firmware","cisco:broadworks_database_server_firmware","cisco:broadworks_database_troubleshooting_server_firmware","cisco:broadworks_execution_server_firmware","cisco:broadworks_media_server_firmware","cisco:broadworks_messaging_server_firmware","cisco:broadworks_network_database_server_firmware","cisco:broadworks_network_function_manager_firmware","cisco:broadworks_network_server_firmware","cisco:broadworks_profile_server_firmware","cisco:broadworks_service_control_function_server_firmware","cisco:broadworks_sharing_server_firmware","cisco:broadworks_video_server_firmware","cisco:broadworks_webrtc_server_firmware","cisco:broadworks_xtended_services_platform_firmware"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:38:35.729974749+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-20210","score":0.00204,"percentile":0.10363,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}