CVE-2022-20966

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 27.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-01-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks against other users of the application web-based management interface. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of input to an application feature before storage within the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating entries within the application interface that contain malicious HTML or script code. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to store malicious HTML or script code within the application interface for use in further cross-site scripting attacks. Cisco has not yet released software updates that address this vulnerability.

Affected products

Cisco Identity Services Engine: before 2.6.0; 2.6.0, 2.6.0-patch1, 2.6.0-patch10, 2.6.0-patch11, 2.6.0-patch12, 2.6.0-patch2 (+26) — fixed in 2.6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco Identity Services Engine 2.6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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