# CVE-2024-20287: Command injection in Cisco Business Wireless Access Point Software

> Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary root commands on Cisco WAP371 access points via crafted HTTP requests to the management interface.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 2 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v5j5-3255-x56m

## What is CVE-2024-20287?

CVE-2024-20287 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Business Wireless Access Point Software, published on 17 Jan 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of the Cisco WAP371 Wireless-AC/N Dual Radio Access Point (AP) with Single Point Setup could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to perform command injection attacks against an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted HTTP requests to the web-based management interface of an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials for the device.

Weakness: CWE-77 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command), CWE-88 (Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-20287?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Wap371 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-20287?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-20287 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-20287 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20287 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-20287 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-20287 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Business Wireless Access Point Software, published on 17 Jan 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-20287 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Business Wireless Access Point Software. 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-2024-20287/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20287/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-20287
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20287
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20287

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20287/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.