CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2024-20414 — Cisco Ios Xe security vulnerability
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.
- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.1)
- Published
- 2024-09-25
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- operating-system
- Weaknesses
- CWE-285, CWE-352
Affected products
- cisco / ios_xe / 3.2.0se
- cisco / ios_xe / 3.2.0sg
- cisco / ios_xe / 3.2.1se
- cisco / ios_xe / 3.2.1sg
- cisco / ios_xe / 3.2.2se
- cisco / ios_xe / 3.2.2sg
Matched remediation archetype
Authorization bypass, IDOR, and cross-tenant access
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Check exposure
- Map object and action authorization checks across API, UI, batch, import/export, and background-job paths.
- Identify tenant, ownership, role, and policy boundaries for affected resources and administrative operations.
- Use synthetic fixtures to compare intended access matrices without accessing another user's real data.
Remediate safely
- Enforce server-side authorization at each resource access and state transition using the authenticated principal and trusted tenant context.
- Scope data queries by tenant and ownership; treat client-supplied identifiers, roles, and policy claims as untrusted.
- Add deny-by-default policy tests for horizontal and vertical access across every affected transport.
Authoritative sources
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