Authenticated file disclosure via improperly validated web parameters
Published Oct 18, 2023 · Updated Jun 12, 2025
Local file inclusion in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary Linux files via crafted web requests. The web UI fails to validate request parameters before using them to select files from the underlying Linux file system. A valid account is required, and exploitation exposes file contents without a reported ability to modify files or interrupt service.
Summary
What happened
Local file inclusion in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary Linux files via crafted web requests. The web UI fails to validate request parameters before using them to select files from the underlying Linux file system. A valid account is required, and exploitation exposes file contents without a reported ability to modify files or interrupt service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-20261
- Published
- Oct 18, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 12, 2025
- Vendor
- ClamAV
- Product
- Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager
- Classifications
- CWE-284, T1005
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 18, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=17.2.10
- Affected versionversion=17.2.4
- Affected versionversion=17.2.5
- Affected versionversion=17.2.6
- Affected versionversion=17.2.7
- Affected versionversion=17.2.8
- Affected versionversion=17.2.9
- Affected versionversion=18.2.0
- Affected versionversion=18.3.0
- Affected versionversion=18.3.1
- Affected versionversion=18.3.1.1
- Affected versionversion=18.3.3
- Affected versionversion=18.3.3.1
- Affected versionversion=18.3.4
- Affected versionversion=18.3.5
- Affected versionversion=18.3.6.1
- Affected versionversion=18.3.7
- Affected versionversion=18.3.8
- Affected versionversion=18.4.0
- Affected versionversion=18.4.0.1
- Affected versionversion=18.4.1
- Affected versionversion=18.4.3
- Affected versionversion=18.4.302
- Affected versionversion=18.4.303
- Affected versionversion=18.4.4
- Affected versionversion=18.4.5
- Affected versionversion=18.4.6
- Affected versionversion=19.1.0
- Affected versionversion=19.2.0
- Affected versionversion=19.2.097
- Affected versionversion=19.2.099
- Affected versionversion=19.2.1
- Affected versionversion=19.2.2
- Affected versionversion=19.2.3
- Affected versionversion=19.2.31
- Affected versionversion=19.2.4
- Affected versionversion=19.2.929
- Affected versionversion=19.3.0
- Affected versionversion=20.1.1
- Affected versionversion=20.1.1.1
- Affected versionversion=20.1.12
- Affected versionversion=20.1.2
- Affected versionversion=20.1.3
- Affected versionversion=20.3.1
- Affected versionversion=20.3.2
- Affected versionversion=20.3.2.1
- Affected versionversion=20.3.3
- Affected versionversion=20.3.3.1
- Affected versionversion=20.3.4
- Affected versionversion=20.3.4.1
- Affected versionversion=20.3.4.2
- Affected versionversion=20.3.4.3
- Affected versionversion=20.3.5
- Affected versionversion=20.3.5.1
- Affected versionversion=20.3.6
- Affected versionversion=20.3.7
- Affected versionversion=20.3.7.1
- Affected versionversion=20.3.7.2
- Affected versionversion=20.3.8
- Affected versionversion=20.4.1
- Affected versionversion=20.4.1.1
- Affected versionversion=20.4.1.2
- Affected versionversion=20.4.2
- Affected versionversion=20.4.2.1
- Affected versionversion=20.4.2.2
- Affected versionversion=20.4.2.3
- Affected versionversion=20.5.1
- Affected versionversion=20.5.1.1
- Affected versionversion=20.5.1.2
- Affected versionversion=20.6.1
- Affected versionversion=20.6.1.1
- Affected versionversion=20.6.1.2
- Affected versionversion=20.6.2
- Affected versionversion=20.6.2.1
- Affected versionversion=20.6.2.2
- Affected versionversion=20.6.3
- Affected versionversion=20.6.3.0.45
- Affected versionversion=20.6.3.0.46
- Affected versionversion=20.6.3.0.47
- Affected versionversion=20.6.3.1
- Affected versionversion=20.6.3.2
- Affected versionversion=20.6.3.3
- Affected versionversion=20.6.3.4
- Affected versionversion=20.6.4
- Affected versionversion=20.6.4.0.21
- Affected versionversion=20.6.4.1
- Affected versionversion=20.6.4.2
- Affected versionversion=20.6.5
- Affected versionversion=20.6.5.1
- Affected versionversion=20.6.5.1.10
- Affected versionversion=20.6.5.1.11
- Affected versionversion=20.6.5.1.13
- Affected versionversion=20.6.5.1.7
- Affected versionversion=20.6.5.1.9
- Affected versionversion=20.6.5.2
- Affected versionversion=20.6.5.2.4
- Affected versionversion=20.6.5.2.8
- Affected versionversion=20.6.5.4
- Affected versionversion=20.6.5.5
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