Check Point Advisories

Cisco RV320 and RV325 Command Injection (CVE-2023-20117)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2023-2091
Date Published:	24 Jul 2025
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 24 July, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2023-20117
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Cisco RV320 1.5.1.13 Cisco RV325 1.5.1.13
Vulnerability Description	A command injection vulnerability in Cisco RV320 and RV325 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands as the root user on the underlying Linux operating system of the affected device.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Cisco RV320 and RV325 Command Injection (CVE-2023-20117) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Cisco Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Cisco RV320 and RV325 Command Injection (CVE-2023-20117)