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title: "CVE-2023-20073: Cisco RV340, RV340W, RV345, and RV345P… | CubePath"
description: "A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco RV340, RV340W, RV345, and RV345P Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Routers…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20073
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# CVE-2023-20073: Cisco RV340, RV340W, RV345, and RV345P… | CubePath

## Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco RV340, RV340W, RV345, and RV345P Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization enforcement mechanisms in the context of file uploads. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to upload arbitrary files to the affected device.

Official description from the CVE record, published by cisco. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20073)

## Key data

### CVSS 3.1 Medium 5.3

Score published by cisco in the CVE record.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

| Metric                 | Value     | What it means                                                                       |
| ---------------------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Attack vector          | Network   | The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet. |
| Attack complexity      | Low       | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.               |
| Privileges required    | None      | No account or privileges are needed.                                                |
| User interaction       | None      | No action from any user is needed.                                                  |
| Scope                  | Unchanged | The impact stays within the vulnerable component.                                   |
| Confidentiality impact | None      | No effect on the secrecy of data.                                                   |
| Integrity impact       | Low       | Limited effect on the trustworthiness of data.                                      |
| Availability impact    | None      | No effect on availability.                                                          |

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### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.90106 (90.1% probability)

Percentile

99.8%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

### CISA assessment as of Oct 28, 2024

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) decision points added by CISA.

Automatable

yes

Technical impact

partial

### Weakness (CWE)

CWE catalog version 5.0.

CWE names: Copyright © 2006-2026, The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CWE license.

- [CWE-434](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/434.html) Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

## Affected products

Products listed in the CVE record, as the CNA published them.

- Cisco Small Business RV Series Router Firmware

  - affected: n/a

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [20230202 Cisco RV340, RV340W, RV345, and RV345P Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Routers Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability](https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sb-rv-afu-EXxwA65V)  (sec.cloudapps.cisco.com) vendor-advisory

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Oct 27, 2022
2. Record published Apr 5, 2023
3. Record last updated Oct 28, 2024

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