CVE-2023-20071

medium Cisco
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
0.5%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 59% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Published: November 1, 2023 (1040 days ago)
Last Modified: August 11, 2026
Vendor: Cisco
Source: NVD

Description

Multiple Cisco products are affected by a vulnerability in the Snort detection engine that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the configured policies on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to a flaw in the FTP module of the Snort detection engine. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted FTP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass FTP inspection and deliver a malicious payload.

CWE

CWE-1039

Affected Products

cisco secure firewall threat defensecisco cyber visioncisco unified threat defensecisco meraki mx security appliance firmware

References

🔗 sec.cloudapps.cisco.com 🔗 sec.cloudapps.cisco.com