Improper privilege management in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC) - CVE-2024-20374
Published: October 24, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU99313
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-20374
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary commands.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation of certain HTTP request parameters that are sent to the web-based management interface. A remote administrator can send a specially crafted HTTP request and execute commands as the root user on the target device.
Affected software
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC)
How to mitigate CVE-2024-20374
Install updates from vendor's website.
Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center, FMC) - addressed in versions 7.0.6.3, 7.2.9, 7.4.2, 7.4.2.1, 7.6.0