6.5

CVE-2023-20261: cisco catalyst_sd-wan_manager Improper Access Control

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
Published 18-10-2023Last modified 12-06-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-20261 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in cisco catalyst_sd-wan_manager. EPSS estimates a 0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.71%
0%100%
Low · +0.18 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 18-10-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 12-06-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to retrieve arbitrary files from an affected system. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of parameters that are sent to the web UI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager and issuing crafted requests using the web UI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain arbitrary files from the underlying Linux file system of an affected system. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must be an authenticated user.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.71%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

53%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.18 pp

From 0.53% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.71%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Cisco2 products
  • catalyst_sd-wan_manager17.2.4 | 17.2.5 | 17.2.6 | 17.2.7 | 17.2.8 | 17.2.9 | 17.2.10 | 18.2.0 | 18.3.0 | 18.3.1 | 18.3.1.1 | 18.3.3 | 18.3.3.1 | 18.3.4 | 18.3.5 | 18.3.6.1 | 18.3.7 | 18.3.8 | 18.4.0 | 18.4.0.1 | 18.4.1 | 18.4.3 | 18.4.4 | 18.4.5 | 18.4.6 | 18.4.302 | 18.4.303 | 19.1.0 | 19.2.0 | 19.2.1 | 19.2.2 | 19.2.3 | 19.2.4 | 19.2.31 | 19.2.097 | 19.2.099 | 19.2.929 | 19.3.0 | 20.1.1 | 20.1.1.1 | 20.1.2 | 20.1.3 | 20.1.12 | 20.3.1 | 20.3.2 | 20.3.2.1 | 20.3.3 | 20.3.3.1 | 20.3.4 | 20.3.4.1 | 20.3.4.2 | 20.3.4.3 | 20.3.5 | 20.3.5.1 | 20.3.6 | 20.3.7 | 20.3.7.1 | 20.3.7.2 | 20.3.8 | 20.4.1 | 20.4.1.1 | 20.4.1.2 | 20.4.2 | 20.4.2.1 | 20.4.2.2 | 20.4.2.3 | 20.5.1 | 20.5.1.1 | 20.5.1.2 | 20.6.1 | 20.6.1.1 | 20.6.1.2 | 20.6.2 | 20.6.2.1 | 20.6.2.2 | 20.6.3 | 20.6.3.0.45 | 20.6.3.0.46 | 20.6.3.0.47 | 20.6.3.1 | 20.6.3.2 | 20.6.3.3 | 20.6.3.4 | 20.6.4 | 20.6.4.0.21 | 20.6.4.1 | 20.6.4.2 | 20.6.5 | 20.6.5.1 | 20.6.5.1.7 | 20.6.5.1.9 | 20.6.5.1.10 | 20.6.5.1.11 | 20.6.5.1.13 | 20.6.5.2 | 20.6.5.2.4 | 20.6.5.2.8 | 20.6.5.4 | 20.6.5.5
  • cisco sd-wan vmanage17.2.6 | 17.2.7 | 17.2.8 | 17.2.9 | 17.2.10 | 17.2.4 | 17.2.5 | 18.3.1.1 | 18.3.3.1 | 18.3.3 | 18.3.4 | 18.3.5 | 18.3.7 | 18.3.8 | 18.3.6.1 | 18.3.1 | 18.3.0 | 18.4.0.1 | 18.4.3 | 18.4.302 | 18.4.303 | 18.4.4 | 18.4.5 | 18.4.0 | 18.4.1 | 18.4.6 | 19.2.0 | 19.2.097 | 19.2.099 | 19.2.1 | 19.2.2 | 19.2.3 | 19.2.31 | 19.2.929 | 19.2.4 | 20.1.1.1 | 20.1.12 | 20.1.1 | 20.1.2 | 20.1.3 | 19.3.0 | 19.1.0 | 18.2.0 | 20.3.1 | 20.3.2 | 20.3.2.1 | 20.3.3 | 20.3.3.1 | 20.3.4 | 20.3.4.1 | 20.3.4.2 | 20.3.5 | 20.3.6 | 20.3.7 | 20.3.7.1 | 20.3.4.3 | 20.3.5.1 | 20.3.7.2 | 20.3.8 | 20.4.1 | 20.4.1.1 | 20.4.1.2 | 20.4.2 | 20.4.2.2 | 20.4.2.1 | 20.4.2.3 | 20.5.1 | 20.5.1.2 | 20.5.1.1 | 20.6.1 | 20.6.1.1 | 20.6.2.1 | 20.6.2.2 | 20.6.2 | 20.6.3 | 20.6.3.1 | 20.6.4 | 20.6.5 | 20.6.5.1 | 20.6.1.2 | 20.6.3.2 | 20.6.4.1 | 20.6.5.2 | 20.6.5.4 | 20.6.3.3 | 20.6.4.2 | 20.6.3.0.45 | 20.6.3.0.46 | 20.6.3.0.47 | 20.6.3.4 | 20.6.4.0.21 | 20.6.5.1.10 | 20.6.5.1.11 | 20.6.5.1.7 | 20.6.5.1.9 | 20.6.5.2.4 | 20.6.5.5 | 20.6.5.2.8 | 20.6.5.1.13

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