Cross-site scripting in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC) - CVE-2023-20005
Published: November 2, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU82665
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-20005
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 user 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.
Affected software
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC)
How to mitigate CVE-2023-20005
Install updates from vendor's website.
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC) - addressed in versions 7.0.6, 7.2.4, 7.3.0