Cisco Small Business RV320/Small Business RV325 Web-based Management Interface command delimiter

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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Cisco Small Business RV320 and Small Business RV325. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. Performing a manipulation results in command delimiter. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-20128. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Cisco Small Business RV320 and Small Business RV325 (version unknown). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command delimiter vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-146. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could be interpreted as expression or command delimiters when they are sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Routers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to inject and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending malicious input to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user on the underlying Linux operating system of the affected device. To exploit these vulnerabilities, an attacker would need to have valid Administrator credentials on the affected device. Cisco has not released software updates to address these vulnerabilities.
The weakness was published 04/06/2023 as cisco-sa-sb-rv32x-cmdinject-cKQsZpxL. It is possible to read the advisory at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-20128 since 10/27/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-24307). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.
Product
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.2VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1
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VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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NVD Base Score: 7.2
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CNA Base Score: 7.2
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Exploiting
Class: Command delimiterCWE: CWE-146 / CWE-140 / CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/27/2022 🔍04/06/2023 🔍
04/06/2023 🔍
08/24/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-sb-rv32x-cmdinject-cKQsZpxL
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2023-20128 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-20128
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-225015
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Entry
Created: 04/06/2023 08:26Updated: 08/24/2025 08:14
Changes: 04/06/2023 08:26 (48), 04/22/2023 18:26 (10), 08/24/2025 08:14 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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