CVE-2023-20232: cisco cisco unified contact center express Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-20232 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in cisco cisco unified contact center express. EPSS estimates a 0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 16-08-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 02-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A vulnerability in the Tomcat implementation for Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (Unified CCX) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a web cache poisoning attack on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation of HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to a specific API endpoint on the Unified CCX Finesse Portal. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the internal WebProxy to redirect users to an attacker-controlled host.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.55%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
45%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.55% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Cisco2 products
- cisco unified contact center express8.5(1) | 9.0(2)SU3ES04 | 10.0(1)SU1 | 10.0(1)SU1ES04 | 10.5(1) | 10.5(1)SU1 | 10.5(1)SU1ES10 | 10.6(1) | 10.6(1)SU1 | 10.6(1)SU3 | 10.6(1)SU2 | 10.6(1)SU3ES03 | 10.6(1)SU2ES04 | 10.6(1)SU3ES02 | 10.6(1)SU3ES01 | 11.0(1)SU1 | 11.0(1)SU1ES03 | 11.0(1)SU1ES02 | 11.5(1)SU1 | 11.5(1)SU1ES02 | 11.5(1)SU1ES01 | 11.5(1)SU1ES03 | 11.5(1)ES01 | 12.0(1) | 12.0(1)ES01 | 12.0(1)ES03 | 12.0(1)ES04 | 12.0(1)ES02 | 12.5(1) | 12.5(1)SU1 | 12.5(1)SU2 | 12.5(1)SU3 | 12.5(1)_SU01_ES03 | 12.5(1)ES03 | 12.5(1)_SU01_ES01 | 12.5(1)_SU02_ES02 | 12.5(1)_SU01_ES02 | 12.5(1)_SU02_ES03 | 12.5(1)ES01 | 12.5(1)_SU02_ES01 | 12.5(1)ES02 | 12.5(1)_SU03_ES01 | 12.5(1)_SU02_ES04 | 11.6(1) | 11.6(2) | 11.6(1)ES01 | 11.6(2)ES06 | 11.6(1)ES02 | 11.6(2)ES01 | 11.6(2)ES03 | 11.6(2)ES07 | 11.6(2)ES08 | 11.6(2)ES02 | 11.6(2)ES05 | 11.6(2)ES04
- unified_contact_center_express< 12.5\(1\)_su2_es05
1 vendor · 2 products