Cisco IOS/IOS XE up to 15.2(8)E5 Web UI cross-site request forgery

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS and IOS XE. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Web UI. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-20414. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco IOS and IOS XE. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Web UI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the web UI feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack on an affected system through the web UI. This vulnerability is due to incorrectly accepting configuration changes through the HTTP GET method. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a currently authenticated administrator to follow a crafted link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to change the configuration of the affected device.

It is possible to read the advisory at sec.cloudapps.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-20414 since 11/08/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/03/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207787 (Cisco IOS Software Web UI XSRF (cisco-sa-ios-webui-HfwnRgk)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (207787). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Router Operating System

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• IOS
• IOS XE

Version

• 15.2(6)E2
• 15.2(6)E2a
• 15.2(6)E2b
• 15.2(6)E3
• 15.2(6)EB
• 15.2(7)E
• 15.2(7)E0a
• 15.2(7)E0b
• 15.2(7)E0s
• 15.2(7)E1
• 15.2(7)E1a
• 15.2(7)E2
• 15.2(7)E2a
• 15.2(7)E3
• 15.2(7)E3k
• 15.2(7)E4
• 15.2(7)E5
• 15.2(7)E6
• 15.2(7)E7
• 15.2(7)E8
• 15.2(7)E9
• 15.2(7)E10
• 15.2(7a)E0b
• 15.2(7b)E0b
• 15.2(8)E
• 15.2(8)E1
• 15.2(8)E2
• 15.2(8)E3
• 15.2(8)E4
• 15.2(8)E5

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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