CVE-2023-20085: Cisco Identity Services Engine

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) 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 validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious code into specific pages of the interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary script in the context of the affected interface or access sensitive, browser-based information.

Affected products

• Cisco Identity Services Engine: version 3.2 only

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