{"id":"CVE-2020-3137","aliases":["EUVD-2020-24408","GHSA-rm8f-cg8j-qqw7"],"status":"published","title":"Cisco Email Security Appliance Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability","description":"A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) 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. The vulnerability exists because the web-based management interface of the affected device does not properly validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user to click a malicious link. 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