Browser script execution via unvalidated file upload
Published May 6, 2026 · Updated May 6, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in Cisco Enterprise Chat and Email allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts in another user's browser. The Lite Agent upload handler inadequately validates file contents, stores attacker-supplied scripts or HTML, and serves the uploaded file to other users. Exploitation requires Agent-or-higher credentials and an enabled Lite Agent; script execution is confined to the accessing user's browser.
Summary
What happened
Stored cross-site scripting in Cisco Enterprise Chat and Email allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts in another user's browser. The Lite Agent upload handler inadequately validates file contents, stores attacker-supplied scripts or HTML, and serves the uploaded file to other users. Exploitation requires Agent-or-higher credentials and an enabled Lite Agent; script execution is confined to the accessing user's browser.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-20172
- Published
- May 6, 2026
- Updated
- May 6, 2026
- Vendor
- ClamAV
- Product
- Cisco Enterprise Chat and Email
- Classifications
- CWE-646, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 6, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 6, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=11.5(1)
- Affected versionversion=11.6(1)
- Affected versionversion=11.6(1)_ES10
- Affected versionversion=11.6(1)_ES11
- Affected versionversion=11.6(1)_ES12
- Affected versionversion=11.6(1)_ES12_ET1
- Affected versionversion=11.6(1)_ES2
- Affected versionversion=11.6(1)_ES3
- Affected versionversion=11.6(1)_ES4
- Affected versionversion=11.6(1)_ES5
- Affected versionversion=11.6(1)_ES6
- Affected versionversion=11.6(1)_ES7
- Affected versionversion=11.6(1)_ES8
- Affected versionversion=11.6(1)_ES9
- Affected versionversion=11.6(1)_ES9a
- Affected versionversion=12.0(1)
- Affected versionversion=12.0(1)_ES1
- Affected versionversion=12.0(1)_ES2
- Affected versionversion=12.0(1)_ES3
- Affected versionversion=12.0(1)_ES4
- Affected versionversion=12.0(1)_ES5
- Affected versionversion=12.0(1)_ES5a
- Affected versionversion=12.0(1)_ES6
- Affected versionversion=12.0(1)_ES6_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.0(1)_ES6_ET2
- Affected versionversion=12.0(1)_ES6_ET3
- Affected versionversion=12.0(1)_ES7
- Affected versionversion=12.0(1)_ES7_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES1
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES10
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES2
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES3
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES3_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES3_ET2
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES3_ET3
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES4
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES4_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES4_ET2
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES5
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES5_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES5_ET2
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES6
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES6_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES7
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES7_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES8
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES8_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ES9
- Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES1
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES10
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES10_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES11
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES11_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES11_ET2
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES12
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES12_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES1_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES1_ET2
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES2
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES2_ET5
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES3
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES3_ET3
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES4
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES4_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES4_ET2
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES5
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES5_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES5_ET2
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES5_ET3
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES6
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES6_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES6_ET2
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES6_ET3
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES7
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES7_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES8
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES8_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES8_ET2
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES9
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES9_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES9_ET2
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ES9_ET3
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ET2
- Affected versionversion=12.6(1)_ET3
- Affected versionversion=12.6_ES2_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.6_ES2_ET2
- Affected versionversion=12.6_ES2_ET3
- Affected versionversion=12.6_ES2_ET4
- Affected versionversion=12.6_ES3_ET1
- Affected versionversion=12.6_ES3_ET2
- Affected versionversion=15.0(1)
- Affected versionversion=15.0(1)ES202508
- Affected versionversion=15.0(1)ES202511
- Affected versionversion=15.0(1)ES202511_ET1
- Affected versionversion=15.0(1)_ET1
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