# CVE-2017-3869: Missing authorization in Cisco Prime Infrastructure

> Authenticated attackers can access restricted APIs in Cisco Prime Infrastructure, bypassing intended privilege controls to view sensitive data.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Mar 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-59m2-h4gm-362r

## What is CVE-2017-3869?

CVE-2017-3869 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Cisco Prime Infrastructure, published on 17 Mar 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An API Credentials Management vulnerability in the APIs for Cisco Prime Infrastructure could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access an API that should be restricted to a privileged user. The attacker needs to have valid credentials. More Information: CSCuy36192. Known Affected Releases: 3.1(1) 3.1(1).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3869?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Prime Infrastructure.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-3869?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3869 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-3869 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Prime Infrastructure

- [CVE-2018-15379](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15379/): Cisco Prime Infrastructure Arbitrary File Upload and Command Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2014-0679](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0679/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2016-1442](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1442/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-1359](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-1359/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-1659](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1659/): Cisco Prime Infrastructure Certificate Validation Vulnerability (high 7.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-3869 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-3869 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Cisco Prime Infrastructure, published on 17 Mar 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Prime Infrastructure. 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-2017-3869/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3869/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3869
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3869
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3869

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