Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software Cross-Site Request Forgery (cisco-sa-20190417-wlc-csrf)

high Nessus Plugin ID 138440

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, a Cross-site request forgery (XSRF) vulnerability exists in Cisco Wireless LAN Controller due to insufficient XSRF protections for the web-based management interface. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to click a specially crafted URL, to perform arbitrary actions on the device with the privileges of the user.
the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvj06910

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138440

File Name: cisco-sa-20190417-wlc-csrf.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: combined

Family: CISCO

Published: 7/14/2020

Updated: 5/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1797

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:wireless_lan_controller_software, cpe:/h:cisco:wireless_lan_controller

Required KB Items: Host/Cisco/WLC/Version, Host/Cisco/WLC/Port

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1797

BID: 107998

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-20190417-wlc-csrf

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvj06910

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