CVE-2023-20868
Published: 26 May 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-20868 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Broadcom Vmware Nsx-T Data Center. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 46.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-25041
Vulnerability details
NSX-T contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability due to a lack of input validation. A remote attacker can inject HTML or JavaScript to redirect to malicious pages.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.