Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller and Cisco Cloud Network Controller Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
CVE-2023-20011

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Cisco
Status
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (apic)
Vendor
CVE Published:
23 February 2023

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists

Summary

A cross-site request forgery vulnerability has been discovered in the web management interface of Cisco's Application Policy Infrastructure Controller and Cloud Network Controller. This issue arises from inadequate CSRF protections, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to exploit the system by deceiving users into clicking malicious links. If successfully exploited, attackers could perform actions with the same privileges as the targeted user, including modifying system configurations or creating new privileged accounts, thereby posing a significant risk to system integrity and security.

Affected Version(s)

Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/C...
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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