What is CVE-2023-20053?

CVE-2023-20053 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2023-20053?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Cisco Nexus Dashboard

CVE-2023-20053

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Nexus Dashboard could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the web-based management interface of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient user input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of the interface to click a crafted link. 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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (42.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cisco Nexus Dashboard — versions 1.1(0c), 1.1(0d), 1.1(2h)
Cisco Nexus_dashboard

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

psirt@cisco.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-20053?: CVE-2023-20053 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus Dashboard, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2023-20053?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.