ID:12818 - Exploit for Cross-site request forgery in Cisco IOS - CVE-2008-4128

 
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ID:12818 - Exploit for Cross-site request forgery in Cisco IOS - CVE-2008-4128

Published: July 17, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU138317
Vulnerability risk: Critical
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-4128
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Cisco IOS

Link to public exploit:


Vulnerability 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 HTTP Administration component. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and execute arbitrary commands via "show privilege" command to the "/level/15/exec/-" URI or "alias exec" command to the "/level/15/exec/-/configure/http" URI.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.