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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-20078

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of certain Cisco IP Phones could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 10.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of certain Cisco IP Phones could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
10.35% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-121, CWE-787
Affected
cisco/ip phone 6871 firmware · cisco/ip phone 6861 firmware · cisco/ip phone 6851 firmware · cisco/ip phone 6841 firmware · cisco/ip phone 6825 firmware · cisco/ip phone 7861 firmware · cisco/ip phone 7841 firmware · cisco/ip phone 7832 firmware · cisco/ip phone 7821 firmware · cisco/ip phone 7811 firmware · cisco/ip phone 8865 firmware · cisco/ip phone 8861 firmware · cisco/ip phone 8851 firmware · cisco/ip phone 8845 firmware · cisco/ip phone 8841 firmware · cisco/ip phone 8832 firmware · cisco/ip phone 8811 firmware
Source
psirt@cisco.com
EPSS trend
0%8%15%3 November 2026: 10.35%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 10.4% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.