{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 4 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20281 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20281 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2024-20281 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Data Center Network Manager, published on 3 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-20281 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-20281 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Data Center Network Manager, published on 3 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20281 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Cisco Data Center Network Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20281/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20281/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-20281","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20281/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-20281","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-c4gx-f8pf-9jw3"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Cisco Nexus Dashboard","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated remote attackers can perform arbitrary actions with user privileges via CSRF, potentially modifying configuration or creating accounts.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"csrf"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"cisco","cpe":[{"product":"nexus_dashboard","vendor":"cisco"},{"product":"nexus_dashboard_fabric_controller","vendor":"cisco"},{"product":"nexus_dashboard_insights","vendor":"cisco"},{"product":"nexus_dashboard_orchestrator","vendor":"cisco"}],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-352","name":"Cross-Site Request Forgery"}],"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.\r\n\r 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.\r\n\r Note: There are internal security mechanisms in place that limit the scope of this exploit, reducing the Security Impact Rating of this vulnerability.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Data Center Network Manager","id":"CVE-2024-20281","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"csrf","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in Cisco Nexus Dashboard","id":"CVE-2024-20282"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cisco UCS Central Software Configuration Backup Static Key Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-20280"},"products":["Cisco Data Center Network Manager","Cisco Nexus Dashboard","Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights","Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator"],"published":"2024-04-03","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Cisco Nexus Dashboard Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities","id":"CVE-2022-20857","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-07-21"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Cisco Nexus Dashboard Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities","id":"CVE-2022-20858","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-07-21"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Cisco Nexus Dashboard Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities","id":"CVE-2022-20861","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-07-21"},{"cvss_score":8.7,"headline":"Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller SSH Host Key Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-20163","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-06-04"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Denial of service in Cisco Nexus Dashboard","id":"CVE-2023-20014","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-02-16"},{"cvss_score":7.4,"headline":"Cisco Nexus Dashboard SSL Certificate Validation Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2022-20860","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-07-21"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-01","vendors":["Cisco"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated remote attackers can perform arbitrary actions with user privileges via CSRF, potentially modifying configuration or creating accounts.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20281/"}