CVE-2023-20088: cisco cisco unified contact center enterprise Improper Authorization

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-20088 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Authorization vulnerability in cisco cisco unified contact center enterprise. EPSS estimates a 0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 03-03-2023
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 28-10-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the nginx configurations that are provided as part of the VPN-less reverse proxy for Cisco Finesse could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to create a denial of service (DoS) condition for new and existing users who are connected through a load balancer. This vulnerability is due to improper IP address filtering by the reverse proxy. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of unauthenticated requests to the reverse proxy. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause all current traffic and subsequent requests to the reverse proxy through a load balancer to be dropped, resulting in a DoS condition.

• CWE-285Improper AuthorizationThe product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.