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CVE-2020-3456

Cisco FXOS Software Firepower Chassis Manager Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Published: Oct 21, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-352
NVD MITRE
8.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 58.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A vulnerability in the Cisco Firepower Chassis Manager (FCM) of Cisco FXOS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack against a user of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the FCM interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a targeted user to click a malicious link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to send arbitrary requests that could take unauthorized actions on behalf of the targeted user.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-352

Affected Products

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) SoftwareCisco
On-premSecurity Product
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
firepower extensible operating systemcisco
On-premOS
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
FX-OSCisco Systems Inc.
EmbeddedFirmware
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
Adaptive Security ApplianceCisco Systems Inc.
Network Device
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
ciscocommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco systems inc.
cisco systems inc.commercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco

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Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fxosfcm-csrf-uhO4e5BZ
tools.cisco.com
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fxosfcm-csrf-uhO4e5BZ
tools.cisco.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3456
nvd.nist.gov
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Timeline

Published
Oct 21, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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