CVE-2023-20120

Cisco Secure Email Gateway, Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, and Cisco Secure Web Appliance Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager; Cisco Secure Email Gateway, formerly Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA); and Cisco Secure Web Appliance, formerly Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA), could allow a remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-10-27 CVE Reserved
2023-06-28 CVE Published
2024-10-25 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-sma-wsa-xss-cP9DuEmq	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Secure Email And Web Manager Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email And Web Manager"				14.0.0-418 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email And Web Manager" and version "14.0.0-418"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Secure Email And Web Manager Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email And Web Manager"				14.0.1-033 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email And Web Manager" and version "14.0.1-033"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Secure Email And Web Manager Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email And Web Manager"				14.0.1-053 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email And Web Manager" and version "14.0.1-053"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Secure Email And Web Manager Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email And Web Manager"				15.0.0-050 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email And Web Manager" and version "15.0.0-050"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Secure Email And Web Manager Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email And Web Manager"				15.0.0-256 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email And Web Manager" and version "15.0.0-256"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Secure Email Gateway Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email Gateway"				14.0.0-418 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email Gateway" and version "14.0.0-418"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Secure Email Gateway Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email Gateway"				14.0.1-033 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email Gateway" and version "14.0.1-033"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Secure Email Gateway Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email Gateway"				14.0.1-053 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email Gateway" and version "14.0.1-053"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Secure Email Gateway Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email Gateway"				15.0.0-050 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email Gateway" and version "15.0.0-050"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Secure Email Gateway Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email Gateway"				15.0.0-256 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Secure Email Gateway" and version "15.0.0-256"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Web Security Appliance Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Web Security Appliance"				14.0.0-418 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Web Security Appliance" and version "14.0.0-418"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Web Security Appliance Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Web Security Appliance"				14.0.1-033 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Web Security Appliance" and version "14.0.1-033"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Web Security Appliance Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Web Security Appliance"				14.0.1-053 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Web Security Appliance" and version "14.0.1-053"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Web Security Appliance Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Web Security Appliance"				15.0.0-050 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Web Security Appliance" and version "15.0.0-050"		-		Affected
Cisco Search vendor "Cisco"		Web Security Appliance Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Web Security Appliance"				15.0.0-256 Search vendor "Cisco" for product "Web Security Appliance" and version "15.0.0-256"		-		Affected