Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco Mobility Express 1800 Access Point Series Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco Mobility Express 1800 Access Point Series Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Advisory ID: cisco-sa-20170315-ap1800

Revision: 1.0

For Public Release: 2017 March 15 16:00 GMT

Last Updated: 2017 March 15 16:00 GMT

CVE ID(s): CVE-2017-3831

CVSS Score v(3): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Summary
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A vulnerability in the web-based GUI of Cisco Mobility Express 1800 Series Access Points could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication. The attacker could be granted full administrator privileges.

The vulnerability is due to improper implementation of authentication for accessing certain web pages using the GUI interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the web interface of the affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass authentication and perform unauthorized configuration changes or issue control commands to the affected device.

Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

This advisory is available at the following link:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170315-ap1800 ["https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170315-ap1800"]