CVE-2018-0245 Information disclosure in Cisco 5500 and 8500 Series Wireless LAN Controller

What is CVE-2018-0245?

CVE-2018-0245 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software, published on 2 May 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco 5500 and 8500 Series Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to view system information that under normal circumstances should be prohibited. The vulnerability is due to incomplete input and validation checking mechanisms in the REST API URL request. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious URL to the REST API. If successful, an exploit could allow the attacker to view sensitive system information. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg89442.

Weakness: CWE-269, CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0245?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software.

How do I fix CVE-2018-0245?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0245 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-0245 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0245 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software

• CVE-2007-2036 Hardcoded credentials in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2016-1363 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-6314 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-2842 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 9.0
• CVE-2010-2843 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 9.0

All Cisco Wireless Lan Controller Software vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-p33r-x4hg-wvgw.