CVE-2017-12225 Auth bypass in Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution
An authenticated attacker can hijack another user's administrative session by reusing a preauthentication session token in Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-12225?
CVE-2017-12225 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution, published on 7 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A vulnerability in the web functionality of the Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to hijack another user's administrative session, aka a Session Fixation Vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to the reuse of a preauthentication session token as part of the postauthentication session. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by obtaining the presession token ID. An exploit could allow an attacker to hijack an existing user's session. Known Affected Releases 4.2(5). Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf58392.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12225?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Prime Lan Management Solution.
How do I fix CVE-2017-12225?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-12225 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2017-12225 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12225 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mq32-h66w-p4v5.