CVE-2024-20437: Cisco IOS XE

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack and execute commands on the CLI of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient CSRF protections for the web-based management interface of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading an already authenticated user to follow a crafted link. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions on the affected device with the privileges of the targeted user.

Affected products

• Cisco IOS XE: version 17.3.2 only; version 17.3.2a only; version 17.3.3 only; version 17.3.4 only; version 17.3.4a only; version 17.3.4b only; …

Published 2024-09-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.