Cisco Aironet Access Point URL Request privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Aironet Access Point and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component URL Handler. Such manipulation as part of Request leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-15260. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Aironet Access Point (Wireless LAN Software) (the affected version is unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component URL Handler. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in Cisco Aironet Access Points (APs) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to a targeted device with elevated privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient access control for certain URLs on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by requesting specific URLs from an affected AP. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain access to the device with elevated privileges. While the attacker would not be granted access to all possible configuration options, it could allow the attacker to view sensitive information and replace some options with values of their choosing, including wireless network configuration. It would also allow the attacker to disable the AP, creating a denial of service (DoS) condition for clients associated with the AP.

The weakness was presented 10/16/2019 as cisco-sa-20191016-airo-unauth- as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-15260 since 08/20/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Wireless LAN Software

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• Cisco

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• Aironet Access Point

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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