CVE-2024-20479Network attack vector

Admin-authenticated browser script execution via stored input

Published Aug 7, 2024 · Updated Aug 8, 2024

Stored XSS in affected Cisco Identity Services Engine 2.7 through 3.3 releases allows remote authenticated users to execute browser scripts. The web management interface stores insufficiently validated input on specific pages and later renders the injected code to another user. Exploitation requires Admin privileges and user interaction, and it exposes browser-based information or runs script code in the interface context.

CVSS severity4.8
Medium
EPSS probability0.29%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Stored XSS in affected Cisco Identity Services Engine 2.7 through 3.3 releases allows remote authenticated users to execute browser scripts. The web management interface stores insufficiently validated input on specific pages and later renders the injected code to another user. Exploitation requires Admin privileges and user interaction, and it exposes browser-based information or runs script code in the interface context.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-20479
Published
Aug 7, 2024
Updated
Aug 8, 2024
Vendor
ClamAV
Product
Cisco Identity Services Engine
Classifications
CWE-79, T1203
Attack vector
network
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 7, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 8, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=2.7.0
  2. Affected versionversion=2.7.0 p1
  3. Affected versionversion=2.7.0 p10
  4. Affected versionversion=2.7.0 p2
  5. Affected versionversion=2.7.0 p3
  6. Affected versionversion=2.7.0 p4
  7. Affected versionversion=2.7.0 p5
  8. Affected versionversion=2.7.0 p6
  9. Affected versionversion=2.7.0 p7
  10. Affected versionversion=2.7.0 p8
  11. Affected versionversion=2.7.0 p9
  12. Affected versionversion=3.0.0
  13. Affected versionversion=3.0.0 p1
  14. Affected versionversion=3.0.0 p2
  15. Affected versionversion=3.0.0 p3
  16. Affected versionversion=3.0.0 p4
  17. Affected versionversion=3.0.0 p5
  18. Affected versionversion=3.0.0 p6
  19. Affected versionversion=3.0.0 p7
  20. Affected versionversion=3.0.0 p8
  21. Affected versionversion=3.1.0
  22. Affected versionversion=3.1.0 p1
  23. Affected versionversion=3.1.0 p2
  24. Affected versionversion=3.1.0 p3
  25. Affected versionversion=3.1.0 p4
  26. Affected versionversion=3.1.0 p5
  27. Affected versionversion=3.1.0 p6
  28. Affected versionversion=3.1.0 p7
  29. Affected versionversion=3.1.0 p8
  30. Affected versionversion=3.2.0
  31. Affected versionversion=3.2.0 p1
  32. Affected versionversion=3.2.0 p2
  33. Affected versionversion=3.2.0 p3
  34. Affected versionversion=3.2.0 p4
  35. Affected versionversion=3.2.0 p5
  36. Affected versionversion=3.2.0 p6
  37. Affected versionversion=3.3.0
  38. Affected versionversion=3.3 Patch 1
  39. Affected versionversion=3.3 Patch 2

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

ClamAV · Cisco Identity Services Engineversion=2.7.0; version=2.7.0 p1; version=2.7.0 p10; version=2.7.0 p2; version=2.7.0 p3; version=2.7.0 p4; version=2.7.0 p5; version=2.7.0 p6; version=2.7.0 p7; version=2.7.0 p8; version=2.7.0 p9; version=3.0.0; version=3.0.0 p1; version=3.0.0 p2; version=3.0.0 p3; version=3.0.0 p4; version=3.0.0 p5; version=3.0.0 p6; version=3.0.0 p7; version=3.0.0 p8; version=3.1.0; version=3.1.0 p1; version=3.1.0 p2; version=3.1.0 p3; version=3.1.0 p4; version=3.1.0 p5; version=3.1.0 p6; version=3.1.0 p7; version=3.1.0 p8; version=3.2.0; version=3.2.0 p1; version=3.2.0 p2; version=3.2.0 p3; version=3.2.0 p4; version=3.2.0 p5; version=3.2.0 p6; version=3.3.0; version=3.3 Patch 1; version=3.3 Patch 2

Published CVSS scores

4.8Cisco Systems, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

Public exploit references

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