Cross-site scripting in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2023-20141
Published: April 6, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU74558
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20141
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco RV016 Multi-WAN VPN Router
Cisco RV042 Dual WAN VPN Router
Cisco RV042G Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Router
Cisco RV082 Dual WAN VPN Router
RV320 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Router
RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Router
Cisco RV016 Multi-WAN VPN Router
Cisco RV042 Dual WAN VPN Router
Cisco RV042G Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Router
Cisco RV082 Dual WAN VPN Router
RV320 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Router
RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Router
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the web-based management interface. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-20141
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.