CVE-2023-20053: Cisco Nexus Dashboard

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Cisco Nexus Dashboard: before 2.3\(1c\) (fixed in 2.3\(1c\))

Published 2023-03-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.