CVE-2018-0417 HIGH

CVE-2018-0417: Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software GUI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC)
Weakness CWE-264
Published October 17, 2018
Last update November 26, 2024

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in TACACS authentication with Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform certain operations within the GUI that are not normally available to that user on the CLI. The vulnerability is due to incorrect parsing of a specific TACACS attribute received in the TACACS response from the remote TACACS server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating via TACACS to the GUI on the affected device. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to create local user accounts with administrative privileges on an affected WLC and execute other commands that are not allowed from the CLI and should be prohibited.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 17, 2018 CVE published
November 26, 2024 Record updated