Cross-site request forgery in Cisco IOS XE - CVE-2024-20437
Published: September 26, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU97724
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20437
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Cisco IOS XE
How to mitigate CVE-2024-20437
Install update from vendor's website.
Cisco IOS XE - addressed in versions 17.6.7, 17.6.8, 17.9.5, 17.9.5c, 17.9.5d, 17.9.5a, 17.9.5b, 17.9.6, 17.12.1z, 17.12.1z1, 17.12.2, 17.12.02a, 17.12.2a, 17.12.3, 17.12.3a, 17.12.4, 17.13.1, 17.13.1a, 17.14.1, 17.14.1a, 17.15.1, 17.15.1a, 17.15.1b