Cisco Secure Email/Web Manager Web-based Management Interface cross site scripting
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web-based Management Interface. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-20119. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager (affected version not known). This affects some unknown functionality of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity.
The weakness was released 06/22/2023 as cisco-sa-esa-sma-wsa-xss-cP9DuEmq. The advisory is shared at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-20119. 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-2023-24298). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
Product
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.2VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 6.1
CNA Vector (Cisco Systems, Inc.): 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/27/2022 🔍06/22/2023 🔍
06/22/2023 🔍
08/24/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-esa-sma-wsa-xss-cP9DuEmq
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2023-20119 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-20119
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-232101
EUVD: 🔍
Entry
Created: 06/22/2023 06:26Updated: 08/24/2025 05:49
Changes: 06/22/2023 06:26 (37), 07/16/2023 16:00 (2), 07/16/2023 16:07 (12), 08/24/2025 05:49 (16)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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