Cisco Small Business RV325 Web-based Management Interface cross site scripting

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Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco Small Business RV016, Small Business RV042, Small Business RV042G, Small Business RV082, Small Business R320 and Small Business RV325. Affected is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-20140. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cisco Small Business RV016, Small Business RV042, Small Business RV042G, Small Business RV082, Small Business R320 and Small Business RV325. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:
Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV016, RV042, RV042G, RV082, RV320, and RV325 Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against a user of the interface. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient input validation by the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending crafted HTTP requests to an affected device and then persuading a user to visit specific web pages that include malicious payloads. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected interface or access sensitive, browser-based information. Cisco has not released software updates that address these vulnerabilities.
The weakness was disclosed 04/06/2023 as cisco-sa-rv-stored-xss-vqz7gC8W. The advisory is shared at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-20140 since 10/27/2022. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-24319). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
Product
Vendor
Name
- Small Business R320
- Small Business RV016
- Small Business RV042
- Small Business RV042G
- Small Business RV082
- Small Business RV325
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 6.1
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CNA Base Score: 6.1
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/27/2022 🔍04/06/2023 🔍
04/06/2023 🔍
08/25/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-rv-stored-xss-vqz7gC8W
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2023-20140 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-20140
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-225037
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Entry
Created: 04/06/2023 08:53Updated: 08/25/2025 06:06
Changes: 04/06/2023 08:53 (49), 04/23/2023 08:04 (11), 08/25/2025 06:06 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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