CVE-2023-20257 Cross-site scripting in Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager (EPNM)
Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts into the Cisco Prime Infrastructure web interface, enabling cross-site scripting attacks against other users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-20257?
CVE-2023-20257 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager, published on 17 Jan 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Prime Infrastructure could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input to the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting malicious input containing script or HTML content within requests that would stored within the application interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks against other users of the affected application.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20257?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager, Cisco Prime Infrastructure.
How do I fix CVE-2023-20257?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-20257 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2023-20257 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20257 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager
- CVE-2016-1289 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-2016-1291 Deserialization in n/a
- CVE-2021-1487 Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager Command Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2019-1821 Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Evolved Programmable Network Manager Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2019-1822 Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Evolved Programmable Network Manager Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
All Cisco Evolved Programmable Network Manager vulnerabilities
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qxvp-mr53-fp4v.