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CVE-2022-20961

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-11-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack and perform arbitrary actions on 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 a user of the interface 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 target user.

Affected products

• Cisco Identity Services Engine: before 2.6.0; 2.6.0, 2.6.0-patch1, 2.6.0-patch10, 2.6.0-patch11, 2.6.0-patch2, 2.6.0-patch3 (+22) — fixed in 2.6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco Identity Services Engine 2.6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-csrf-vgNtTpAs
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ise-csrf-vgNtTpAs

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