CVE-2024-20281

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 3, 2024 at 04:20 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:06 AM UTC
5 products affected across 1 vendorNexus DashboardNexus Dashboard Fabric ControllerNexus Dashboard Insights

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Nexus Dashboard and Cisco Nexus Dashboard hosted services could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web-based management interface on an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a user to click a malicious link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions with the privilege level of the affected user. If the affected user has administrative privileges, these actions could include modifying the system configuration and creating new privileged accounts. Note: There are internal security mechanisms in place that limit the scope of this exploit, reducing the Security Impact Rating of this vulnerability.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

12.0.0 ≤ v < 12.2.1
Affected range stops below 12.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6.4.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 4.3(1.1008)
Affected range stops below 4.3(1.1008), so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-352

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