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CVE-2019-15260

A vulnerability in Cisco Aironet Access Points (APs) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain un

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.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.07098
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  • EPSS percentile: top 8% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

Weakness Classification

Affected Products & Versions

12
cisco aironet 1540 firmware>= 8.5 and < 8.5.151.0
cisco aironet 1540 firmware>= 8.8 and < 8.8.120.0
cisco aironet 1560 firmware>= 8.5 and < 8.5.151.0
cisco aironet 1560 firmware>= 8.8 and < 8.8.120.0
cisco aironet 1800 firmware>= 8.5 and < 8.5.151.0
cisco aironet 1800 firmware>= 8.8 and < 8.8.120.0
cisco aironet 2800 firmware>= 8.5 and < 8.5.151.0
cisco aironet 2800 firmware>= 8.8 and < 8.8.120.0

Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · psirt@cisco.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD16 Oct 2019 · 07:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
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Vendor Advisories

1
cisco-csafcisco-sa-20191016-airo-unauth-access
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References & Sources

1
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
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