High severity8.6NVD Advisory· Published Jan 20, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-20020
CVE-2023-20020
Description
A vulnerability in the Device Management Servlet application of Cisco BroadWorks Application Delivery Platform and Cisco BroadWorks Xtended Services Platform could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation when parsing HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a sustained stream of crafted requests to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause all subsequent requests to be dropped, resulting in a DoS condition.
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Affected products
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- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:broadworks_xtended_services_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=22.0,<23.0.1075.ap384245
- Range: 23.0
- cpe:2.3:a:cisco:broadworks_application_delivery_platform_device_management:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=22.0,<2022.11_1.273
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