# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Sep 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mq32-h66w-p4v5

## 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.

Weakness: CWE-384 (Session Fixation), CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-12225?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2012-6392](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-6392/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2016-1360](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1360/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2013-5488](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5488/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2015-0594](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0594/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2013-5482](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5482/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-12225 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12225/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12225/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12225
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12225
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12225

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