CVE-2024-20497

Cisco Expressway Edge Improper Authorization Vulnerability

Severity
Medium 4.3
CVSS 3.1
Remote, needs privileges or user interaction what this means
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.003
23.0th percentile
Discovered by
Vendor
Vendor-published field
Published
Sep 4, 2024
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Expressway Edge (Expressway-E) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to masquerade as another user on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to inadequate authorization checks for Mobile and Remote Access (MRA) users. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a series of crafted commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to intercept calls that are destined for a particular phone number or to make phone calls and have that phone number appear on the caller ID. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must be an MRA user on an affected system.

Weakness: CWE-285

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco TelePresence Other Products cna-assigner
Vendor-reported products (1)
  • Cisco · Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway

Vendor advisory

cisco-sa-expressway-auth-kdFrcZ2j

Cisco Expressway Edge Improper Authorization Vulnerability

Cisco’s rating: Medium (advisory CVSS 4.3) · Published Sep 4, 2024

Bug ID: CSCwa25058

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