CVE-2023-20105 — A vulnerability in the change password functionality of Cisco Expressway Series

A vulnerability in the change password functionality of Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Read-only credentials to elevate privileges to Administrator on an affected system. This vuln

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability in the change password functionality of Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with Read-only credentials to elevate privileges to Administrator on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of password change requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway	X8.5.1, X8.5.3, X8.5, X8.6.1, X8.6, X8.1.1, X8.1.2, X8.1, X8.2.1, X8.2.2, X8.2, X8.7.1, X8.7.2, X8.7.3, X8.7, X8.8.1, X8.8.2, X8.8.3, X8.8, X8.9.1, X8.9.2, X8.9, X8.10.0, X8.10.1, X8.10.2, X8.10.3, X8.10.4, X12.5.8, X12.5.9, X12.5.0, X12.5.2, X12.5.7, X12.5.3, X12.5.4, X12.5.5, X12.5.1, X12.5.6, X12.6.0, X12.6.1, X12.6.2, X12.6.3, X12.6.4, X12.7.0, X12.7.1, X8.11.1, X8.11.2, X8.11.4, X8.11.3, X8.11.0, X14.0.1, X14.0.3, X14.0.2, X14.0.4, X14.0.5, X14.0.6, X14.0.7, X14.0.8, X14.0.9, X14.0.10, X14.0.11, X14.2.1, X14.2.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T08:57:35.717Z

09References

• sec.cloudapps.cisco.com — https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/ci…