Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Nexus Dashboard and Nexus Dashboard Hosted Services

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU88122

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20281

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the web-based management interface. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Nexus Dashboard: 2.3 - 3.1

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC): 12.0 - 12.2.1

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights (NDI): 6.2 - 6.4

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO): 4.1 - 4.3

External links

http://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ndfccsrf-TEmZEfJ9

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.