CVE-2024-20352 Path traversal in Cisco Emergency Responder
Authenticated attackers can exploit path traversal in Cisco Emergency Responder to read sensitive files and modify system files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-20352?
CVE-2024-20352 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder, published on 3 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a directory traversal attack, which could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient protections for the web UI of an affected system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted requests to the web UI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary actions with the privilege level of the affected user, such as accessing password or log files or uploading and deleting existing files from the system.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20352?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Emergency Responder.
How do I fix CVE-2024-20352?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20352 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-20352 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20352 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Emergency Responder
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4pgp-hx9q-53rp.