CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Remediation Deadline: Oct 20, 2023
Description
Cisco IOS XE Web UI contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the web user interface that could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to create an account with privilege level 15 access. The attacker can then use that account to gain control of the affected device.
EPSS — Exploit Probability
94.0%
Higher than 99.9% of all CVEs
Required Action
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/ios-nx-os-software/ios-xe-dublin-17121/221128-software-fix-availability-for-cisco-ios.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20198
Risk Assessment
HIGHIn CISA KEV
High EPSS
Details
- Severity
- High
- EPSS
- 94.0%
- CISA KEV
- Yes
- Ransomware
- Unknown
- Articles
- 0
Timeline
Published
Oct 16, 2023
Added to KEV
Oct 16, 2023
Remediation Due
Oct 20, 2023