CVE-2023-20258 — A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Prime Infrastruct

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to improper processing of serialized Java objects by the a

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to improper processing of serialized Java objects by the affected application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a document containing malicious…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco Prime Infrastructure	2.0.0, 2.0.10, 2.0.39, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.56, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.10, 2.2.8, 2.2.4, 2.2.7, 2.2.5, 2.2.9, 2.2.1 Update 01, 2.2.2 Update 03, 2.2.2 Update 04, 2.2.3 Update 02, 2.2.3 Update 03, 2.2.3 Update 04, 2.2.3 Update 05, 2.2.3 Update 06, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.6, 3.0.5, 3.0.7, 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.7, 3.1.5, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.6, 3.2.2, 3.2.0-FIPS, 3.2.1, 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.0 Update 01, 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.1 Update 01, 3.4.1 Update 02, 3.4.2 Update 01, 3.5.0, 3.5.1, 3.5.0 Update 01, 3.5.0 Update 02, 3.5.0 Update 03, 3.5.1 Update 01, 3.5.1 Update 02, 3.5.1 Update 03, 3.6.0, 3.6.0 Update 01, 3.6.0 Update 02, 3.6.0 Update 03, 3.6.0 Update 04, 2.1, 2.2, 3.2, 3.4_DP1, 3.4_DP3, 3.4_DP2, 3.5_DP1, 3.4_DP7, 3.4_DP10, 3.4_DP5, 3.1_DP15, 3.4_DP11, 3.4_DP8, 3.7_DP1, 3.3_DP4, 3.10_DP1, 3.8_DP1, 3.7_DP2, 3.6_DP1, 3.1_DP16, 3.5_DP4, 3.3_DP3, 3.2_DP2, 3.4_DP4, 3.1_DP14, 3.1_DP6, 3.1_DP9, 3.4_DP6, 3.2_DP3, 3.4_DP9, 3.3_DP2, 3.2_DP1, 3.1_DP10, 3.9_DP1, 3.3_DP1, 3.1_DP13, 3.5_DP2, 3.1_DP12, 3.1_DP4, 3.5_DP3, 3.1_DP8, 3.1_DP7, 3.2_DP4, 3.1_DP11, 3.1_DP5, 3.7.0, 3.7.1, 3.7.1 Update 04, 3.7.1 Update 06, 3.7.1 Update 07, 3.7.1 Update 03, 3.7.0 Update 03, 3.7.1 Update 01, 3.7.1 Update 02, 3.7.1 Update 05, 3.8.0, 3.8.1, 3.8.1 Update 02, 3.8.1 Update 04, 3.8.1 Update 01, 3.8.1 Update 03, 3.8.0 Update 01, 3.8.0 Update 02, 3.9.0, 3.9.1, 3.9.1 Update 02, 3.9.1 Update 03, 3.9.1 Update 01, 3.9.1 Update 04, 3.9.0 Update 01, 3.10.0, 3.10.3, 3.10.1, 3.10.2, 3.10 Update 01, 3.10.4, 3.10.4 Update 01

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

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

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: 2024-01-17T16:56:57.318Z
• Last modified: 2025-06-02T15:05:14.136Z

09References

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