CVE-2023-20188
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business 200 Series Smart...
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business 200 Series Smart Switches, Cisco Small Business 300 Series Managed Switches, and Cisco Small Business 500 Series Stackable Managed Switches could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of an affected interface to view a page containing malicious HTML or script content. 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. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have valid credentials to access the web-based management interface of the affected device. Cisco has not released software updates to address this vulnerability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.8
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business 200 Series Smart Switches, Cisco Small Business 300 Series Managed Switches, and Cisco Small Business 500 Series Stackable Managed Switches could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of an affected interface to view a page containing malicious HTML or script content. 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. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have valid credentials to access the web-based management interface of the affected device. Cisco has not released software updates to address this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2023-20188- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-87
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-24367
4.8
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business 200 Series Smart Switches, Cisco Small Business 300 Series Managed Switches, and Cisco Small Business 500 Series Stackable Managed Switches could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of an affected interface to view a page containing malicious HTML or script content. 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. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have valid credentials to access the web-based management interface of the affected device. Cisco has not released software updates to address this vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2023-24367- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hpjg-hqr4-wggc
4.8
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business 200 Series Smart...
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business 200 Series Smart Switches, Cisco Small Business 300 Series Managed Switches, and Cisco Small Business 500 Series Stackable Managed Switches could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of an affected interface to view a page containing malicious HTML or script content. 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. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have valid credentials to access the web-based management interface of the affected device. Cisco has not released software updates to address this vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-hpjg-hqr4-wggc- CVSS 3.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-87
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.8
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business 200 Series Smart Switches, Cisco Small Business 300 Series Managed Switches, and Cisco Small Business 500 Series Stackable Managed Switches could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user of an affected interface to view a page containing malicious HTML or script content. 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. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have valid credentials to access the web-based management interface of the affected device. Cisco has not released software updates to address this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2023-20188- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-87, CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- cisco small business smart and managed switches
- cisco sf200-24 firmware
- cisco sf200-24fp firmware
- cisco sf200-24p firmware
- cisco sf200-48 firmware
- cisco sf200-48p firmware
- cisco sf300-08 firmware
- cisco sf300-24 firmware
- cisco sf300-24mp firmware
- cisco sf300-24p firmware
- cisco sf300-24pp firmware
- cisco sf300-48 firmware
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- cisco sf300-48p firmware
- cisco sf300-48pp firmware
- cisco sf302-08 firmware
- cisco sf302-08mp firmware
- cisco sf302-08mpp firmware
- cisco sf302-08p firmware
- cisco sf302-08pp firmware
- cisco sf500-24 firmware
- cisco sf500-24mp firmware
- cisco sf500-24p firmware
- cisco sf500-48 firmware
- cisco sf500-48mp firmware
- cisco sf500-48p firmware
- cisco sg200-08 firmware
- cisco sg200-08p firmware
- cisco sg200-10fp firmware
- cisco sg200-18 firmware
- cisco sg200-26 firmware
- cisco sg200-26fp firmware
- cisco sg200-26p firmware
- cisco sg200-50 firmware
- cisco sg200-50fp firmware
- cisco sg200-50p firmware
- cisco sg300-10 firmware
- cisco sg300-10mp firmware
- cisco sg300-10mpp firmware
- cisco sg300-10p firmware
- cisco sg300-10pp firmware
- cisco sg300-10sfp firmware
- cisco sg300-20 firmware
- cisco sg300-28 firmware
- cisco sg300-28mp firmware
- cisco sg300-28p firmware
- cisco sg300-28pp firmware
- cisco sg300-28sfp firmware
- cisco sg300-52 firmware
- cisco sg300-52mp firmware
- cisco sg300-52p firmware
- cisco sg500-28 firmware
- cisco sg500-28mpp firmware
- cisco sg500-28p firmware
- cisco sg500-52 firmware
- cisco sg500-52mp firmware
- cisco sg500-52p firmware
- cisco sg500x-24 firmware
- cisco sg500x-24mpp firmware
- cisco sg500x-24p firmware
- cisco sg500x-48 firmware
- cisco sg500x-48mpp firmware
- cisco sg500x-48p firmware
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-20188 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Cisco Small Business Smart And Managed Switches, published June 28, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.48%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.