Cisco DNA Center Web-based Management Interface cross-site request forgery

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco DNA Center. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Web-based Management Interface. Performing a manipulation results in cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2021-1257. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Cisco DNA Center (version now known). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown processing of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on integrity.
The weakness was released 01/21/2021 as cisco-sa-dnac-csrf-dC83cMcV. It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-1257. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Vendor
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7
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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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CNA Base Score: 7.1
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Exploiting
Class: Cross-site request forgeryCWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
11/13/2020 🔍01/21/2021 🔍
01/21/2021 🔍
07/23/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: cisco-sa-dnac-csrf-dC83cMcV
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2021-1257 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-1257
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-168531
Entry
Created: 01/21/2021 08:50Updated: 07/23/2025 19:55
Changes: 01/21/2021 08:50 (37), 02/18/2021 17:17 (5), 02/18/2021 17:24 (19), 07/23/2025 19:55 (26)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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