CVE-2024-20352
MEDIUMEPSS 71th pctlDescription
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.
How to fix
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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 71% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
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| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-27199 | High | 7.3 | 100% | KEV + Ransom | Fix |
| CVE-2020-5410 | High | 7.5 | 96% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2021-40870 | Critical | 9.8 | 93% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2025-64446 | Critical | 9.8 | 92% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2020-5405 | Medium | 6.5 | 69% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2025-55752 | High | 7.5 | 67% | - | Fix |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2024-20352?
Upgrade emergency responder to 12.5(1)su8b or later.
Is CVE-2024-20352 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2024-20352 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.5% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 71% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2024-20352?
CVE-2024-20352 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.9, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2024-20352 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for emergency responder (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-07.